C The approach of the cutter Charlotte to Flinders Island 'was hailed with joy' as supplies were low. Two boats approached, bringing the Commandant, Ensign William J. Darling, and surgeon A. McLachlan to meet the Charlotte.

Placename

Parrys Bay, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

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William James Darling; Archibald MacLachlan

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 77

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Embarkation of the barque Science from St Katherine's Dock, London, under Captain William Saunders

Placename

St Katharine's Dock, London, United Kingdom

Type

Other

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Captain William Saunders

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 1

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Passed by a penguin 'when upwards of 100 miles south of the island of Amsterdam'

Placename

Île Amsterdam

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 11

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Cheered 'by the sight of Van Diemens Land' opposite Port Davey after fifty days in 'the solitude of the ocean'

Placename

Port Davey, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 11

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Meet with 'the captain of a vessel who had lately taken some of the Aborigines to Flinders Island'

Placename

Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 16

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On the return of Backhouse and Walker to Hobart, they took up residence 'with Thomas J. and Sarah Crouch' to whose home they continually returned as lodgers for several years. Backhouse and Walker presented a 'report on the state of the Penal Settlement at Macquarie Habour' to the Lieutenant Governor.

Placename

Government House, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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Thomas and Sarah Crouch

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 60

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C At Cape Grim it was stated that the 'whole scenery is in harmony with the name of the place'.

Placename

Cape Grim, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 101

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Took up quarters in Launceston at the home of Isaac and Katherine Sherwin until 21st March 1832.

Placename

Charles Street, Launceston, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

People

Isaac & Katherine Sherwin

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 131

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They were 'the guests of Theodore B. Bartley, of Kerry Lodge'.

Placename

Kerry Lodge Bridge, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 134

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Stayed at 'Kelvedon, the residence of Francis and Anna Maria Cotton, and their large family ', whose home was 'more commodious than the houses of most settlers in this colony'. Their they met George Fordyce Story, M.D., District Surgeon.

Placename

Kelvedon Beach, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

People

George Fordyce Story, Francis & Anna Maria Cotton

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 142-143

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The Shamrock reached Port Arthur, which Backhouse considered to be 'greatly improved since we were here before, though much still requires to be done before it can be fully effective for the purpose of a Penal Settlement'.

Placename

Port Arthur, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Objects

Shamrock

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 167

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Description of forty-six 'Chelsea pensioners' in steerage

Placename

Gravesend, United Kingdom

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 1

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Disorderly conduct at Deal, London

Placename

Deal, London, United Kingdom

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 2

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Intemperance and violent behaviour on board the barque Science

Placename

The Downs, Kent, United Kingdom

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 2

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The 'last trace of our native shores' at Lizard Point, Cornwall

Placename

Lizard Point, Cornwall

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 3

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Sailing 'out of soundings' on a dark blue ocean

Placename

Celtic Sea

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 3

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The vessel followed by 'Stormy Petrels'

Placename

Celtic Sea

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 3

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Off the northwest coast of Spain where 'the land seemed of considerable elevation'

Placename

Cape Finisterre, Spain

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 4

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Entered the 'Torrid Zone'

Placename

Tropic of Cancer

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 4

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Uneventful crossing of the Equator at 27o west longitude

Placename

Equator

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 4

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Passed between the 'rocks of Martim Vaz and the little island of Trinidad'

Placename

Martim Vaz, Brazil

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 5

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Remains of John Salmon committed to the deep

Placename

South Atlantic Ocean

Type

Other

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John Salmon

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 5

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Description of the whaling vessel Borneo capturing two whales

Placename

South Atlantic Ocean

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 6

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Sighted the coast of Africa off Saldanha Bay

Placename

Saldanha Bay, South Africa

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 7

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Sailed past Dassen and Robben Islands into Table Bay

Placename

Table Bay, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 7

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Guests of Dr and Jane Philip in Cape Town

Placename

Cape Town, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

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Dr and Jane Philip; Governor Sir Galbraith Lowry Cole; Colonial Secretary John Bell

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 8

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Visit to the Philanthropic Society, schools, and other public institutions in Cape Town

Placename

Cape Town, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

People

Philanthropic Society

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 9

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Attended a meeting 'for the formation of a Temperance Society'

Placename

Cape Town, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

People

Temperance Society'

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 9

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arrival at George Town which was described as 'a small assemblage of scattered houses'.

Placename

George Town, Tasmania

Type

Other

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George Town

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 95

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C A meeting in the chapel of the London Mission Society

Placename

London Missionary Society, Cape Town, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

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London Mission Society

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 9

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Return to the Science, 'having parted from our kind friends in Cape Town', farewelled with a pray from Dr Philip

Placename

Cape Town Harbour, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

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Dr Philip

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 9

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Passed the southermost point of Africa and 'were again out of sight of land'

Placename

Cape Agulhas, South Africa

Type

Other

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Visiting South Africa

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 10

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C In the Southern Ocean 'between the 39th and 45th degrees of south latitude'

Placename

Southern Ocean

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 11

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Descriptions of sharks while the Science 'passed to the south' of Van Diemen's Land

Placename

Southern Ocean

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 12

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Passed 'too close to Acteon Reef' and 'in danger of being driven into Bad Bay'

Placename

Actaeon Island

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 13

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Science 'rounded the rocky islets fronting Tasman's Head'

Placename

Tasman's Head, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 13

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Viewed 'a fine mass of columnar basalt' at Fluted Cape

Placename

Fluted Cape, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 13

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https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The ship Science proceeded up Storm Bay 'along the east side of Bruny Island, as far as Fluted Cape' when 'dazzled by numerous fires of large extent, consuming the adjacent woods, as to be unable to see our way'

Placename

North Bruny, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 13

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Science 'entered the Derwent' early in the morning 'at a short distance from Hobart Town'

Placename

River Derwent, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 13

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Science 'took in a pilot' who guided their journey into 'Sulivans Cove'

Placename

Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 13

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Delivered 'a letter of introduction from Lord Goderich, the Secretary of State for the Colonies' and gained 'a favourable impression' of Lieutenant Governor Colonel George Arthur

Placename

Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

People

Lieutenant Governor Colonel George Arthur; Secretary of State for the Colonies Lord Goderich;

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 14

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Went 'on shore with John Leach, a young man from Bradford, Yorkshire' who was 'professing with the Wesleyans' and 'made calls on several people to whom we had letters of introduction'

Placename

Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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John Leach

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 15

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Took 'lodging in Liverpool Street, near the entrance into the Government Domain'

Placename

Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 16

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Had tea with Lieutenant Governor Colonel George Arthur and his family who made up 'a numerous and interesting group'

Placename

Government House, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 16

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Went on board the ship Liberty which was built out of the wreck of the Betsy and Sophia

Placename

Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 16

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Went 'on board the Elizabeth, in company with Captain Forster, the chief police magistrate, to whom we had been introduced by the Governor, and witnessed the examination of part of the convicts, just arrived from England in this ship'

Placename

Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Chief Police Magistrate Captain Forster; Surgeon-superintendent Dr Martin; convicts on board the ship Elizabeth

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 18

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Went 'to the Penitentiary to see the convicts from on board the Elizabeth, examined by the Lieut. Governer, who spoke to several of them individually: he alluded to the degraded state into which they had brought themselves by their crimes; this he justly compared to a state of slavery'

Placename

Convict Penitentiary, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Lieutenant Governor Colonel George Arthur; convicts recently arrived on the ship Elizabeth

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 19

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C A conversation with a women who had been brought as a child to the Colony in 1804, at the time that Lieut. Governor Collins first formed a settlement' and who described visits of Aboriginal people 'with whom the children were often left, and who treated them kindly'

Placename

Elizabeth Town / New Town, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 21

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C A visit to 'the House of Correction for females, termed the Factory' which contained about 230 prisoners

Placename

Female Factory, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 21

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Addressed 'a chain-gang of upwards of 100 prisoners' who were 'quiet and attentive' as a 'guard of soldiers under arms' stood over them

Placename

Bridgewater, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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100 prisoners

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 22

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Walked 'to the Government-garden, which is situated on the beautiful banks of the Derwent, about a mile from town'

Placename

Government Gardens, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 22

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Inspection of 'the King's School, conducted on the National School plan' and attended by upwards of forty boys who 'pay from 4d. to 1s. a week, but attend irregularly'

Placename

King's School, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 23

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C A walk 'to Elizabeth Town, usually called New Norfolk, in consequence of a number of persons, formerly residing on Norfolk Island, being settled in the neighbourhood'

Placename

New Norfolk, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Episcopal Chaplain of the Colony; Colonial Surgeon; 25 students of a 'respectable boarding-school'

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 24

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Backhouse & Walker returned to Hobart and remained there until May, ‘occupied in putting religious tracts and books into circulation, visiting the prisons, conversing with various persons, on the eternal interests of man, and holding or attending meetings for the promotion of religion and morality’. Several times they 'visited the prisoners in the Penitentiary' which contained 'upwards of 600 prisoners'.

Placename

Hobart Convict Penitentiary, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 32-33

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On the Tamar sailing from Sullivans Cove to Macquarie Harbour with Backhouse and Walker were, ‘John Burn, the captain for the voyage, Henry Herberg, the mate, David Hoy, a ship's carpenter, Jno. A. Manton’ along with 10 ‘private soldiers and a sergeant, as guard’, 2 soldiers' wives with 5 children, 12 seamen ‘several of whom were convicts’, and 18 ‘prisoners under sentence to the Penal Settlement’.

Placename

Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Macquarie Habour

People

John Burn; Henry Herberg; David Hoy; Jno. A. Manton

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 36-38

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C After 'passing between the Acteon Islands and Recherche Bay', the Tamar 'rounded the Whales-head', 'came into the open sea' and sailed into 'the middle harbour of Port Davey' where they remained for seventeen days.

Placename

Port Davey, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Macquarie Habour

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 38-43

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C on the 4th of June the Tamar 'came distinctly in view of Cape Sorell' and experienced a treacherous entry into Macquarie Habour and through 'a narrow passage between two rocks, called "The Gates", or from the nature of the settlement, "Hells Gates”; many of the prisoners recklessly asserting that all who entered in hither, were doomed to eternal perdition’.

Placename

Cape Sorell, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Macquarie Habour

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 44-45

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C In the evening they 'passed Cape Raoul or Basaltes, a a magnificent mass of perpendicular basaltic columns, forming the south west point of Tasmans Peninsula'.

Placename

Cape Raoul, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Backhouse and Walker ‘remained 17 days at the settlement on Sarahs Island, making occasional excursions to the out-posts’. Backhouse noted that ‘the place has since been abandoned, on account of its distance from Hobart Town, and the difficulty of access to it, and the prisoners have been transferred to Port Arthur, on Tasmans Peninsula’, and then devoted a chapter to describing ‘the discipline of the prisoners’, ‘the nearly uninhabited, western side of V. D. Land’, and ‘a specimen of the discipline of one of the older Penal Settlements’.

Placename

Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Macquarie Habour

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 44-45

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Having ‘received an invitation from a settler named Robert Mather’ and his wife to visit them ‘at Lauderdale, on Muddy Plains’, Backhouse and Walker travelled across ‘a salt marsh’ to find a ‘neat, clean brick house, two tidy children, and a thriving garden, clear of weeds’, and they preached in the local area.

Placename

Launderdale, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

People

Robert Mather

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 63

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Backhouse and Walker travelled to ‘town of Richmond’ which was ‘prettily situated, at the extremity of an inlet called the Sweet Water’ and ‘consisted of the court-house, a jail, a windmill, and about 30 dwelling-houses, three of which were inns’.

Placename

Richmond, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 64-66

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C After visiting ‘a fine estate’ called Orielton, they ‘went to Sorell Town, and became the guests of James Norman, one of the Colonial Chaplains, with whom we became acquainted in Hobart Town’. ‘Sorell Town, often called Pitt Water, from being situated on a little gulf of that name’ had ‘a neat Episcopal place of worship, a parsonage, a Government School-house, and a watch-house of stone, as well as about 50 houses and cottages, most of which are of wood’.

Placename

Sorell, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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James Norman

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 64-66

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C At a school house in Sorell Town, Backhouse and Walker ‘had a meeting with about 70 persons’ on 2 September 1832. After this they traversed a ‘rough passage over the Bluff Ferry, and a walk of nine miles through the bush’ until they ‘re-crossed the Derwent, in a large boat, from Kangaroo Point, to Hobart Town’ where they ‘were cheered by letters from our friends in England’. They remained in Hobart until 25 September 1832.

Placename

Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

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Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 69-70

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Backhouse and Walker received the sanction of the Lieutenant Governor to visit the 'Establishment' for Aboriginal people on Flinders Island in Bass Strait, and embarked in the 'Charlotte' cutter under the command of John Thornloe from Doncaster.

Placename

Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

John Thornloe

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The cutter Charlotte 'put into Port Arthur, a penal settlement lately formed to receive prisoners' who had been transferred from a penal settlement on Maria Island.

Placename

Carnarvon Bay, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Near Cape Pillar the cutter Charlotte 'fell in with the barque Bolina, of London, on her passage from New Zealand'.

Placename

Cape Pillar, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The cutter Charlotte 'beat up between Maria Island and the main land' until the evening when they 'were cheered by lights on the coast, at the house of a settler, and at a whaling station, in Spring Bay'.

Placename

Spring Bay, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C One of the cutter's crew was a 'prisoner having a ticket of leave, who had been educated in a school on the system of the British and Foreign School Society, at Norwich', and retained 'a sense of the kindness they met with from Joseph John Gurney, Peter Bedford, Elizabeth Fry, and some others of our friends in England'.

Placename

Spring Bay, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

Joseph John Gurney; Peter Bedford; Elizabeth Fry

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C While 'beating up the coast against a contrary wind' the cutter Charlotte was approached by the brig Helen, which was sailing with sugar from the Isle of France to Sydney. A boat was sent with a request for a bag of biscuit, as the brig Helen had 'run short of this necessary article'.

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Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 74

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arriving at Preservation Island early in the morning, Backhouse and Walker went on shore not far from two huts belonging to sealer James Munro, who lived with an Aboriginal woman named 'Jumbo' as the only permanent residents on the Island. While on Preservation Island Backhouse and Walker interveiwed three sealers and three Aboriginal women who were 'on their way to the coast of New Holland, where, on a number of small islands, they still obtain Fur Seals'. One of the Aboriginal women presented Backhouse and Walker with necklaces of shells.

Placename

Preservation Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

James Munro; Jumbo

Objects

Shell Necklace

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 75

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On Preservation Island sealer James Munro and Aboriginal woman 'Jumbo' raised 'wheat, potatoes, and other vegetables near his house', reared 'goats, pigs and fowls', collected birds and their eggs.

Placename

Preservation Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

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James Munro; Jumbo

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 76

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Captain John Thornloe had been told 'the settlement on Flinders Island was suffering for want of provisions'. The cutter Charlotte sailed from Preservation Island, assisted by James Munro as pilot, and passed Long Island, Badger Island, Chapel Island, before reaching the anchorage under Green Island, 'the nearest place of safety to the settlement, at which a vessel could lie'.

Placename

Big Green Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 77

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C When Backhouse and Walker were landed on Flinders Island, 'close by the Settlement' a 'considerable number' of Aboriginal people were upon the beach.

Placename

Whitemark Beach, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

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William James Darling

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 81

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C A 'corrobery' was held in which Aboriginal people 'represented certain events, or the manners of different animals: they had a horse dance, an emu dance, a thunder and lightening dance, and many others.'

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 82

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C This day 'a sealer from Guncarriage Island, came and took away a child that he had had' with an Aboriginal woman, and he 'would not be persuaded to leave the little girl under the care' or her mother, 'who was greatly distressed at parting' with her daughter.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C At 'The Lagoons' Aboriginal people resided in 'three huts or "breakwinds"' with fires in the centre. When Backhouse and Walker entered a hut, 'the people sat up, and began to sing… with much animation of countenance and gesture', and this was 'kept up to a late hour: they are said often to continue their singing till midnight'.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Aboriginal men were 'rerequested to cease from wearing "bal-de-winny," that is red ochre and grease, in their hair, they had signified a willingness to do so, if they might have some other covering for their heads... Scotch Caps were distributed among them'.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Objects

Scotch Caps

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Backhouse and Walker, with WJ Darling, GW Walker, four Aboriginal men and two Aboriginal women, walked to 'Pea Jacket Point'. The Settlement was seen as 'unfit for agriculture and in other respects unfavourable for advancement of civilisation', so a move was planned. The party camped overnight in 'a well sheltered place, by a small streamlet'.

Placename

Palana Road, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

William James Darling; George Washington Walker

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 85

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Pea Jacket Point 'appeared much preferable for a settlement to the Lagoons, being a promontory with a considerable quantity of grassland, sheltered by thick scrub toward the sea, and having access to the mountains behind ; nevertheless fresh water was not so plentiful as was desirable, but sufficient for necessary purposes'.

Placename

Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 86

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On Sunday 14 October 1832 'the white population assembled in a place formed of branches, and used as a chapel', with several Aboriginal people present. In the evening, 'a number of' Aboriginal people joined Backhouse and Walker in the Commandant's hut.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 87

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Received 'a hearty welcome at Launceston, from Isaac and Katharine Sherwin'.

Placename

Launceston

Type

Other

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Launceston

People

Isaac & Katherine Sherwin

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 95

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

C An elderly Aboriginal woman who had been named 'Boatswain' by the sealers 'to whom she had long been in bondage', informed Backhouse and Walker 'by means of signs, and a few words in broken English' of the treatment of Aboriginal women by sealers.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

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Boatswain

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 88-89

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Two Aboriginal women called 'Isaac' and 'Judy' by the sealers, had escaped from Green Island via a cutter's boat, and two other Aboriginal women had 'waded and swam from Green Island to the Settlement―a distance of three miles'.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

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Isaac; Judy

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 89

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Backhouse relates a relationship between 'Roomtya or Bet' and 'Trigoomipoonenah or Jackey' and the supply of food they provided the Commandant.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

Roomtya (Bet); Trigoomipoonenah (Jackey)

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 90

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

C Backhouse and Walker received 'a few waddies and some shell necklaces' from Aboriginal people and gave 'presents in return'.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Objects

Waddies; Shell Necklaces

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 90

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

C Backhouse and Walker returned to the cutter Charlotte which was moored at Green Island, where they went on shore. While 'on the island one of the women threw some sticks' at James Thornloe, 'on his mentioning her son' who was 'at school at Newtown', as the 'mention of an absent relative is considered offensive... especially if deceased'.

Placename

Big Green Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Objects

Charlotte

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 91-93

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

C Sealer James Munro, Aborginal woman 'Jumbo', along with four other Aboriginal people, came on board the Charlotte and 'took tea' with Backhouse and Walker in their cabin.

Placename

Big Green Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

James Munro; Jumbo

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 93

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The Charlotte left Green Island to return sealer James Munro and Aboriginal woman Jumbo to Preservation Island.

Placename

Preservation Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

James Munro; Jumbo

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 93

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The cutter Charlotte arrived 'near the heads of the Tamar or Port Dalrymple,—an estuary extending to Launceston,—and near to the mouth of which, George Town is situated' and Backhouse and Walker 'were kindly received by the Port Officer, Matthew Curling Friend, late of the Norval'.

Placename

Port Dalrymple, Tasmania

Type

Other

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George Town

People

Matthew Curling Friend

Objects

Norval

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 94

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arrival at Circular Head, with desciption of Aboriginal man 'Proper' and W. J. Darling

Placename

Sawyer Bay, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

Aboriginal man Proper

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 99

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Introduction to Aboriginal woman 'Jackey' who had been living with sealers on Stack Island.

Placename

Stack Island

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

Aboriginal woman 'Jackey'

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 99

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Met with George A Robinson & Edward Curr, Superintendent of the Van Diemen's Land Company.

Placename

Stanley, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

George A Robinson; Edward Curr

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 100

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Greeted at Woolnorth by Samuel Reeves, Superintendent with the Van Diemen's Land Company.

Placename

Woolnorth, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

Samuel Reeves

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 101

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arrived at Circular Head on the Fanny found the Conch at the jetty, and was provided accommodation by Edward Curr.

Placename

Stanley, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

Edward Curr

Objects

Fanny, Conch

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 107

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Met with the 'work-people' employed by the Van Diemen's Land Company, who were accommodated 'on the portion of the peninsula called Highfield Plain'.

Placename

Highfield, Stanley, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 107

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Op arrival at the Hampshire Hills they 'received a warm greeting from G. W. Walker's relations, George and Mary Robson'.

Placename

Hampshire, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

G. W, Walker, George & Mary Robson

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 112-113

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Accompanied by 'E. Curr and G Robson to Chilton, a farm house on the Surrey Hills'.

Placename

Guildford, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

Edward Curr, George Robson

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 114

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Accompanied Edward Curr and J Milligan 'as far as Emu Bay'.

Placename

Burnie, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

People

Edward Curr, J Mulligan, Henry Hellyer

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 115

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The proceeded, with George Robson, to Burleigh, another of the Van Diemen's Land Company stations.

Placename

Guildford, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

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George Robson

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 126

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Between the River Forth and Mersey Rivers was Gads Hill, where the descent was 'almost too steep for horses'.

Placename

Gad's Hill Road, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Circular Head

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 127

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arrived in Westbury, which consisted 'of a small number of weather-board houses, two of which are inns'. There they met the family of George P Ball, an officer lately returned from service in India'.

Placename

Westbury, Tasmania

Type

Other

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VDL-CH

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Circular Head

People

George P Ball

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 129-130

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Found 'comfortable accommodation for the night, at the Launceston Hotel', which was 113 miles from the Hampshire Hills.

Placename

Dicky Whites Lane, Launceston, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 130

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On the way to Perth', they 'visited a company of prisoners'. Perth consisted 'of ten houses, two of which are inns' and was 'prettily situated on the high banks of the South Esk River'.

Placename

Perth, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 132

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C At 'the house of Rowland R. Davies, the Episcopal Chaplain of Norfolk Plains' they 'met with a man who was transported from Wiltshire for rioting'.

Placename

Longford, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

People

Rowland Davies

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 133

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C As Ross they 'lodged at the house of George Parramore, a venerable and pious settler, whom we considered it a privilege to visit'.

Placename

Ross, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

People

George Parramore

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 135

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They 'breakfasted at Mona Vale, with William Kermode, an opulent sheep farmer'.

Placename

Mona Vale, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

People

William Kermode

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 135

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C After visiting a 'road-party of 120 men' they pursued their 'route along the vale of Bagdad' which held 'several decent houses, and a good inn'.

Placename

Bagdad, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Launceston

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 136

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On arriving in Hobart Town, they became lodgers again with 'our friends T. J. and S. Crouch' in their large house in Bathurst Street.

Placename

Bathurst Street, Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 136

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They were guided 'among the woody hills, by a narrow winding track, called Black Charleys Opening, to the Brushy Plains'.

Placename

Runnymede, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 140

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They were 'hospitably entertained by' a settler 'named John Hawkins, in Little Swan Port, who had also been brought up to a military life'.

Placename

Little Swanport, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

People

John Hawkins

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 141

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They 'proceeded down the Break o'day Plains, and past the township of Fingal' which was 'marked only by barracks, occupied by five soldiers'.

Placename

Fingal, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 146

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They reached 'John Batman's, on Buffalo Plains under Ben Lomond'.

Placename

Avoca, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 147

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They arrived at Launceston to find a letter from 'W.J. Darling, from Flinders Island, dated Establishment for the Aborigines, formerly Pea-Jacket, now Wybalenna, 6th April, 1833', with a description of the housing at Wybalenna since their move on 1st February 1833.

Placename

Launceston, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 148

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Set out to on an extended visit to Norfolk Plains and the Macquarie River, and on the way 'visited an interesting boarding-school for girls, at Ellenthorpe hall; and one for boys, on Norfolk Plains'.

Placename

1321 Auburn Rd, Ross, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 149

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arrived in Horbart town 'on the 9th of the 8th month, having held regious meetings, and meetings for the promotion of temperance' at many towns between Launceston and Hobart.

Placename

Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 150

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C At an initial meeting of the Society of Friends 'held on the 20th of 9th month, 1833, the certificates of George Washington Walker and myselfe, sanctioning our visit to the Southern Hemisphere, were read.'

Placename

Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Hobart

People

George Washington Walker

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 154

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Sailed on the Shamrock under Richard H. Davies, for their second visit to 'the Establishment for the Aborigines, on Flinders Island' with 'a party of sixteen Aborigines, who had joined G. A. Robinson, on the west coast'.

Placename

Hobart, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

Richard H Davies, George Augustus Robinson

Objects

Shamrock

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 165

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C The Shamrock 'anchored at the mouth of D'Entrecasteaux Channel, where the Government brig Isabella, with English emigrants for Launceston, and the Adelaide, a vessel in the Sperm Whale fishery, were lying’, and 'went ashore at Kelleys Farm, on Bruny Island'.

Placename

Dennes Point, North Bruny Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Objects

Shamrock, Isabella, Adelaide

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 166

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Arrived '‘at the Lagoons, the site of the old settlement on Flinders Island, we made our way along the beach, and through the bush, to Wybalenna’.

Placename

Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 169

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C At Wybalenna, they ‘received a hearty welcome from both the Black and the White Inhabitants; and were much pleased with the improvements, since we were here fourteen months ago’.

Placename

Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 169

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Visited Prime Seal Island, a granite island which 'did not prove favourable for sheep'. Backhouse described dietary restrictions, weaponry and skills of First Nations people.

Placename

Prime Seal Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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VDL-BS

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 171-174

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C Trip to Launceston and George Town, where they were joined by 'James Allen, from Tyrone, in Ireland, who was on his way to Flinders Island, to succeed A. Mc. Lachlan in the office of Surgeon to the Establishment for the Aborigines.'

Placename

George Town, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

People

James Allen

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 171-174

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C They 'put out to sea, but made little progress', stopping by Barren Joey and Twenty-day Islands.

Placename

Ninth Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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VDL-BS

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 179

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C On return to Flinders Island, they reached Wybalenna soon after sunset, and when ‘discovered by some women who were cutting wood’ were recognised ‘as old acquaintance, and gave us a clamorous greeting, which brought all the people and dogs out of their huts, with such a noise as, had we not known that it was the expression of friendship on the part of the people, would have been truly appalling’.

Placename

Wybalenna, Flinders Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 180

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C After leaving Flinders Island, the Shamrock ran into a storm and was in danger of breaking up on rocks while at 'anchor under Green Island'.

Placename

Big Green Island, Tasmania

Type

Other

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Flinders Island

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 182-183

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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C A 'gentle and favourable breeze' brought them through Schoutens Passage, across Oyster Bay, to Kelvedon where their 'dear friends, Francis Cotton and his family' awaited their arrival.

Placename

Kelvedon Estate, 12371 Tasman Hwy, Swansea, Tasmania

Type

Other

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East Coast

People

Francis Cotton

Source

Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 184-186

Link

https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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