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  2. LEAKY SHIPS AND ADVERSE WINDS.

    On June 30, 1803, the two vessels left Port Jackson, having on board Commandant Bowen, people, and stores for the Derwent. After clearing the Heads ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 214 words
  3. THE FOUNDING OF HOBART

    We now leave Bowen on his way to Sydney with his burglarious soldier, and return a little in order to follow the historical events of Van Diemen"s Land ...

    Article : 458 words
  4. ANOTHER CONSIGNMENT OF SETTLERS.

    On October 24 Governor King wrote to Lord Hobart, from which we obtain the information that the reinforcement b asked for by Bowen were tent in the brig ...

    Article : 208 words
  5. A TRIP TO THE DERWENT.

    The Ocean arrived safely at Port Phillip, and was quickly loaded for her trip to the Derwent. Collins decided to leave 150 of his party behind, ...

    Article : 284 words
  6. AN EARLY EXCURSION UP THE DERWENT.

    While his people were so occupied Bowen made an excursion up the Derwent in a boat. Herdsman's Cove was pretty closely examined, as Bowen first ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 605 words
  7. PAY. HOURS. PRICES. AND CURRENCY A CENTURY AGO.

    After the huts had been finished the prisoners were at liberty to work in their spare time for the officers and settlers, and the rate of pay was fixed ...

    Article : 226 words
  8. THE EARLY DAYS OF HOBART.

    On February 21, 1804, the rest of the people were Landed, and a commencement was made with the work of discharging the stores. The ...

    Article : 275 words
  9. THE FIRST LAND SURVEYS.

    In order to obtain that information King sent a surveyor named Jas. Meehan to Van Diemen's Land, but the result of his labors have not been ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. BASS'S DESCRIPTION OF THE DERWENT.

    It is interesting to read the written impressions of the first visitors no Van Diemen's Land. Bass, one of the foremost navigators of his day, wrote: ...

    Article : 366 words
  11. THE FIRST SETTLERS.

    Just at this time, when Governor King was in need of a serviceable vessel, the Albion, a British whaler of 326 tons, arrived at Port Jackson, and was ...

    Article : 610 words
  12. THE WHALING INDUSTRY.

    Mr Wm. Collins, who it will be remembered undertook the perilous journey from Port Phillip to Port Jackson, was appointed harbor master of the port ...

    Article : 349 words
  13. THE FIRST PRINTING PRESS.

    And it is Lore that another historic event must not be forgotten. Governor Collins had brought a printing press out with him, and on the day of landing the ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. THE SETTLEMENT AT RISDON.

    After having thus dealt somewhat briefly with the opinions held buy early explorers of the possibilities of the bank of the Derwent for a settlement we now ...

    Article : 510 words
  15. GOVERNOR COLLINS AT RISDON.

    Lieutenant Bowen was still absent on his self-imposed trip to Port Jackson with a soldier, and Lieutenant .Moore was in command. On February 16, at ...

    Article : 253 words
  16. DIVINE SERVICE, A SERMON, AND THE FIRST CENSUS.

    From Sir Knopwood's diary we elicit the information that he conducted the first religious service in Tasmania, and that it took him three days to prepare a ...

    Article : 380 words
  17. AN EARLY ESCAPADE.

    Those who were sent by King to supplement those sent with Bowen were just as bad as the first lot, and as an instance of the utter recklessness of ...

    Article : 320 words
  18. FROM PORT PHILLIP TO PORT JACKSON IN A BOAT.

    With such a unpromising state of affairs before him, Collins decided to try and get. word to Governor King at Port Jackson as to how unsuitable Port ...

    Article : 368 words
  19. SOCIAL LIFE AT THE NEW SETTLEMENT.

    Work was proceeding apace, and those engaged in agriculture on the shores of New Town Bay soon had 19 acres under crop. During the first six months of ...

    Article : 271 words
  20. THE SETTLEMENT AT SULLIVAN'S COVE.

    The Lieutenant-Governor then, in honor of his friend, Mr John Sullivan, who was Permanent Uudor-Secretary at the Colonial Office, named the place ...

    Article : 596 words
  21. THE RISDON SETTLEMENT

    The English discoverer of the Derwent was Lieutenant John Hayes: of the Bombay Marine. His expedition was the only one ever sent out into southern ...

    Article : 206 words
  22. MUTINOUS SOLDIERS.

    Nor were the convicts the only trouble. The soldiers grew no better under the change of command, but were occasionally mutinous. They connived ...

    Article : 192 words
  23. BOWEN'S TRIP TO SYDNEY.

    Reverting to the time when Lieut. Bowen left Risdon for the purpose of going to Port Jackson, the lieutenant reached Sydney safely, and presented ...

    Article : 581 words
  24. TROUBLE IN THE CAMP.

    In addition to the difficulties incidental to the formation of a new settlement, Bowen had to meet others which gave him cause for anxiety. The military ...

    Article : 314 words
  25. LIFE AT THE NEW SETTLEMENT.

    Despite these difficulties the settlement grew apace, the enthusiasm displayed in improving the camp being most marked. After the wharf had been ...

    Article : 422 words
  26. GOVERNOR COLLINS AT PORT PHILLIP.

    While waiting for a reply to his despatch, Lieutenant-Colonel Collins got all his people encamped in tents. For the first fen weeks the health of the ...

    Article : 358 words
  27. THE SITE OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT

    Is situate on the farm of the late Mr T.G. Gregson, M.H.A., some two miles from the landing place of the Risdon Ferry. Near to the mouth of Risdon ...

    Article : 302 words
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