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Name	Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Voyage to Bass Strait
Description	A visualisation of the investigative tours of British Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were 'travelling under concern' in the Southern oceans in 1830s.
Type	Journey
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Contributor	Heidi Ing
Entries	82
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Added to System	2023-10-29 17:23:45
Updated in System	2024-03-30 18:27:13

Subject	colonialism, religious society of friends, quakers, colonial history, james backhouse, george washington walker, transnational human rights activism
Creator	Penny Edmonds
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Contact	penny.edmonds@flinders.edu.au
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Source URL	https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
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Date From	1832-09-23
Date To	1832-10-20
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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 cutter 'Charlotte' under the command of John Thornloe from Doncaster.

Placename: Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-42.88644076

Longitude

147.3433069

Start Date

1832-09-25

End Date

1832-09-25

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: John Thornloe
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6545

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Placename: Cape Raoul, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-43.24606476

Longitude

147.7958065

Start Date

1832-09-26

End Date

1832-09-26

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6546

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-43.14805637

Longitude

147.8579674

Start Date

1832-09-27

End Date

1832-09-27

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6547

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-43.25310792

Longitude

148.0104781

Start Date

1832-09-28

End Date

1832-09-28

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6548

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-42.1167447

Longitude

148.1632042

Start Date

1832-09-29

End Date

1832-09-29

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6549

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-42.13613698

Longitude

148.2225143

Start Date

1832-09-30

End Date

1832-09-30

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: Joseph John Gurney; Peter Bedford; Elizabeth Fry
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc654a

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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'.

Placename
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.43001048

Longitude

148.3964847

Start Date

1832-10-06

End Date

1832-10-06

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 74
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc654b

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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 interviewed 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

Details

Latitude

-40.48735826

Longitude

148.0784869

Start Date

1832-10-08

End Date

1832-10-08

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: James Munro; Jumbo
Objects: Shell Necklace
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 75
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc654c

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.48744559

Longitude

148.079096

Start Date

1832-10-08

End Date

1832-10-08

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: James Munro; Jumbo
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 76
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc654d

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.18075994

Longitude

147.9838784

Start Date

1832-10-09

End Date

1832-10-09

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 77
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc654e

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.14010969

Longitude

148.0019387

Start Date

1832-10-09

End Date

1832-10-09

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: William James Darling; Archibald MacLachlan
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 77
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc654f

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13671542

Longitude

148.0168555

Start Date

1832-10-09

End Date

1832-10-09

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: William James Darling
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 81
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6550

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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 lightning dance, and many others.'

Placename: Nalinga Creek, Flinders Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.13544562

Longitude

148.0180476

Start Date

1832-10-10

End Date

1832-10-10

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 82
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6551

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13593859

Longitude

148.0190139

Start Date

1832-10-10

End Date

1832-10-10

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6552

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:47

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13665018

Longitude

148.020005

Start Date

1832-10-10

End Date

1832-10-10

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6553

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

Aboriginal men were 'requested 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

Details

Latitude

-40.13701934

Longitude

148.018772

Start Date

1832-10-11

End Date

1832-10-11

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Objects: Scotch Caps
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6554

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.03768615

Longitude

147.9382045

Start Date

1832-10-12

End Date

1832-10-12

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: William James Darling; George Washington Walker
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 85
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6555

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.01704571

Longitude

147.8737417

Start Date

1832-10-13

End Date

1832-10-13

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 86
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6556

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13725791

Longitude

148.0189005

Start Date

1832-10-14

End Date

1832-10-14

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 87
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6557

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13583112

Longitude

148.0183537

Start Date

1832-10-14

End Date

1832-10-14

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: Boatswain
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 88-89
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6558

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13597435

Longitude

148.0187846

Start Date

1832-10-14

End Date

1832-10-14

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: Isaac; Judy
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 89
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc6559

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13583828

Longitude

148.0180727

Start Date

1832-10-15

End Date

1832-10-15

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: Roomtya (Bet); Trigoomipoonenah (Jackey)
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 90
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc655a

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.1357957

Longitude

148.0187211

Start Date

1832-10-16

End Date

1832-10-16

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Objects: Waddies; Shell Necklaces
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 90
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc655b

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.18226825

Longitude

147.9801365

Start Date

1832-10-17

End Date

1832-10-18

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 91-93
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc655c

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

Sealer James Munro, Aboriginal 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

Details

Latitude

-40.18089244

Longitude

147.9844235

Start Date

1832-10-18

End Date

1832-10-18

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: James Munro; Jumbo
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 93
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc655d

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Placename: Preservation Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.47451055

Longitude

148.0464432

Start Date

1832-10-19

End Date

1832-10-19

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: James Munro; Jumbo
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 93
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc655e

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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'.

Placename: Port Dalrymple, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.06325328

Longitude

146.7550339

Start Date

1832-10-20

End Date

1832-10-20

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
People: Matthew Curling Friend
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 94
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tc655f

Created At

2023-10-29 17:37:48

Updated At

2023-12-11 17:50:20

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13725791

Longitude

148.0189005

Start Date

1832-10-14

End Date

1832-10-14

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 87
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0007

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13583112

Longitude

148.0183537

Start Date

1832-10-14

End Date

1832-10-14

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
People: Boatswain
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 88-89
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0008

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13583828

Longitude

148.0180727

Start Date

1832-10-15

End Date

1832-10-15

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
People: Roomtya (Bet); Trigoomipoonenah (Jackey)
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 90
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td000a

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13579576

Longitude

148.0187211

Start Date

1832-10-16

End Date

1832-10-16

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
Objects: Waddies; Shell Necklaces
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 90
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td000b

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.18226825

Longitude

147.9801365

Start Date

1832-10-17

End Date

1832-10-18

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
Objects: Charlotte
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 91-93
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td000c

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Placename: Preservation Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.47451055

Longitude

148.0464432

Start Date

1832-10-19

End Date

1832-10-19

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: 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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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-41.06325328

Longitude

146.7550339

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1832-10-20

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1832-10-20

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Extended Data

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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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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Placename: George Town, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.10534352

Longitude

146.8236439

Start Date

1832-10-20

End Date

1832-10-20

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 95
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-42.88213154

Longitude

147.3267931

Start Date

1833-11-22

End Date

1833-11-22

Description

Extended Data

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People: Richard H Davies, George Augustus Robinson
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 165
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

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Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-43.1424684

Longitude

147.8942361

Start Date

1833-11-25

End Date

1833-11-25

Description

Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 167
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13665018

Longitude

148.020005

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1833-12-03

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1833-12-03

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Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 169
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.01739052

Longitude

147.8818023

Start Date

1833-12-03

End Date

1833-12-03

Description

Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 169
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.0703326

Longitude

147.7745716

Start Date

1833-12-06

End Date

1833-12-07

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 171-174
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-41.1048957

Longitude

146.8173188

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1833-12-15

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1833-12-27

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 171-174
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Placename: Ninth Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.83415882

Longitude

147.270278

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1833-12-27

End Date

1833-12-27

Description

Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 179
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.01739052

Longitude

147.8818023

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1833-12-30

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1833-12-30

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 180
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

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td0019

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.1992495

Longitude

147.9813231

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1834-01-07

End Date

1834-01-08

Description

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 182-183
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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td001a

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Placename: Launceston
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Details

Latitude

-41.43896928

Longitude

147.1352455

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1832-10-21

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1832-10-21

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Extended Data

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People: Isaac & Katherine Sherwin
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 95
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Placename: Sawyer Bay, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.77481005

Longitude

145.3020921

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1832-10-30

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1832-10-30

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 99
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

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td001c

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Placename: Stack Island
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.6265787

Longitude

144.7787042

Start Date

1832-10-30

End Date

1832-10-30

Description

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 99
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Placename: Stanley, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.76010871

Longitude

145.295566

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1832-10-30

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1832-10-30

Description

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 100
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

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td001e

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Placename: Woolnorth, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.77783914

Longitude

144.8037134

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1832-11-01

End Date

1832-11-01

Description

Extended Data

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People: Samuel Reeves
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 101
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

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td001f

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-40.68291812

Longitude

144.6849701

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1832-11-01

End Date

1832-11-01

Description

Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 101
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-40.76797207

Longitude

145.3050844

Start Date

1832-11-13

End Date

1832-11-13

Description

Extended Data

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Journey_Title: Circular Head
People: Edward Curr
Objects: Fanny, Conch
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 107
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-40.74789996

Longitude

145.2922824

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1832-11-13

End Date

1832-11-13

Description

Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 107
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-41.26335307

Longitude

145.7828892

Start Date

1832-12-15

End Date

1832-12-15

Description

Extended Data

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People: G. W, Walker, George & Mary Robson
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 112-113
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Placename: Guildford, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.43030436

Longitude

145.6022373

Start Date

1832-12-17

End Date

1832-12-17

Description

Extended Data

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Journey_Title: Circular Head
People: Edward Curr, George Robson
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 114
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0024

Created At

2024-01-21 14:40:37

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-41.60129051

Longitude

146.1917442

Start Date

1832-12-25

End Date

1832-12-25

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-CH
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 127
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0027

Created At

2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-41.52830654

Longitude

146.8402686

Start Date

1832-12-27

End Date

1832-12-27

Description

Extended Data

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People: George P Ball
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 129-130
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0028

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-42.88644076

Longitude

147.3433069

Start Date

1832-09-25

End Date

1832-09-25

Description

Extended Data

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People: John Thornloe
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff2

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:21

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13544562

Longitude

148.0180476

Start Date

1832-10-10

End Date

1832-10-10

Description

Extended Data

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 82
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0001

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13597435

Longitude

148.0187846

Start Date

1832-10-14

End Date

1832-10-14

Description

Extended Data

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People: Isaac; Judy
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 89
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0009

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-43.06417502

Longitude

147.3523351

Start Date

1833-11-23

End Date

1833-11-23

Description

Extended Data

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Objects: Shamrock, Isabella, Adelaide
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 166
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0012

Created At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Placename: Burnie, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.05265862

Longitude

145.9071476

Start Date

1832-12-20

End Date

1832-12-20

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-CH
Journey_Title: 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

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0025

Created At

2024-01-21 14:40:37

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Placename: Guildford, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.44107912

Longitude

145.8111397

Start Date

1832-12-23

End Date

1832-12-23

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-CH
Journey_Title: Circular Head
People: George Robson
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 126
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

td0026

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2024-01-21 14:40:37

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:40:37

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

Details

Latitude

-43.24606476

Longitude

147.7958065

Start Date

1832-09-26

End Date

1832-09-26

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff3

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:21

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

Details

Latitude

-43.14805637

Longitude

147.8579674

Start Date

1832-09-27

End Date

1832-09-27

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 71
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff4

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:21

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

Details

Latitude

-43.25310792

Longitude

148.0104781

Start Date

1832-09-28

End Date

1832-09-28

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff5

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:21

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

Details

Latitude

-42.1167447

Longitude

148.1632042

Start Date

1832-09-29

End Date

1832-09-29

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff6

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:21

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

Details

Latitude

-42.13613698

Longitude

148.2225143

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1832-09-30

End Date

1832-09-30

Description

Extended Data

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People: Joseph John Gurney; Peter Bedford; Elizabeth Fry
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 72
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff7

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

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'.

Placename
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-41.43001048

Longitude

148.3964847

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1832-10-06

End Date

1832-10-06

Description

Extended Data

Journey_ID: VDL-BS
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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 74
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

Sources

TLCMap ID

tcfff8

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2024-01-21 14:36:21

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:21

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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-40.48735826

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148.0784869

Start Date

1832-10-08

End Date

1832-10-08

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Journey_Title: 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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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

Details

Latitude

-40.48744559

Longitude

148.079096

Start Date

1832-10-08

End Date

1832-10-08

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Journey_Title: Flinders Island
People: James Munro; Jumbo
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 76
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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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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Latitude

-40.18075994

Longitude

147.9838784

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1832-10-09

End Date

1832-10-09

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 77
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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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

Details

Latitude

-40.14010969

Longitude

148.0019387

Start Date

1832-10-09

End Date

1832-10-09

Description

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Journey_Title: Flinders Island
People: 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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Aboriginal people 'who became consolidated' by George Augustus Robinson were first 'placed on Swan Island, which, being bare of wood and much exposed, was soon found unsuitable'.

Placename: Swan Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.73621662

Longitude

148.1084033

Start Date

1830-11-04

End Date

Description

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 81
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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Aboriginal people were 'removed to Guncarriage Island, but this was also found too small, and it did not afford wild animals for their support, in case of need'.

Placename: Vansittart Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-40.2753145

Longitude

148.2997374

Start Date

1831-03

End Date

Description

Extended Data

Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 81
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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From 'Guncarriage Island' the 'next removal' of Aboriginal people 'was to a place on Flinders Island' where Backhouse and Walker 'found them in 1832'.

Placename: Flinders Island, Tasmania
Type: Other

Details

Latitude

-39.98323395

Longitude

148.0503667

Start Date

1832-10

End Date

Description

Extended Data

Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 81
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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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

Details

Latitude

-40.13671542

Longitude

148.0168555

Start Date

1832-10-09

End Date

1832-10-09

Description

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Journey_ID: VDL-BS
Journey_Title: Flinders Island
People: William James Darling
Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 81
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13593859

Longitude

148.0190139

Start Date

1832-10-10

End Date

1832-10-10

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

Updated At

2024-01-21 14:36:22

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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Latitude

-40.13665018

Longitude

148.020005

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1832-10-10

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1832-10-10

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.18089244

Longitude

147.9844235

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1832-10-18

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1832-10-18

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 93
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.13701934

Longitude

148.018772

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1832-10-11

End Date

1832-10-11

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 83
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.03768615

Longitude

147.9382045

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1832-10-12

End Date

1832-10-12

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Journey_Title: 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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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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

Details

Latitude

-40.01704571

Longitude

147.8737417

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1832-10-13

End Date

1832-10-13

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Source: Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 86
Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634

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2024-01-21 14:36:22

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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 cutter 'Charlotte' under the command of John Thornloe from Doncaster.

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

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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.

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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'.

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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'.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 lightning dance, and many others.'

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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.

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C Aboriginal men were 'requested 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'.

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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 cutter 'Charlotte' under the command of John Thornloe from Doncaster.

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

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.

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

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'.

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'.

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.

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.

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

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 lightning dance, and many others.'

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.

Aboriginal men were 'requested 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'.

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.

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.

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'.

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

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

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

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

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'.

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.

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.

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