David Collins Wrote: The governor, with a party of marines, and some artificers selected from among the seamen of the Sirius and the convicts, arrived in Port Jackson, and anchored off the mouth of the cove intended for the settlement on the evening of the 25th; and in the course of the following day sufficient ground was cleared for encamping the officer’s guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning. Continue reading
The Norfolk Island victualling book 1792-1796 is a list of all people on Norfolk Island 1792-1795 on food rations. The list features include date of entry to Norfolk Island, arrival ship, name of person, status or rank, name of ship in which departed, and the number of days victualled each year. Continue reading
The list of births 1788 in Sydney cove has been collated from a range of sources including the Mutch Baptism index Mitchell Library CY377 – 378 Continue reading
There were 167 deaths in Sydney in 1818 of which there were 42 deaths at Sydney Hospital. The Mutch index to the Sydney Hospital returns are located at ML CY 569. The hospital returns themselves have not survived. All returns give the cause of death
