THE PRESENT PICTURE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1811
by
D. D. MANN
London, 1811
CONTENTS
Discovery of New South Wales.--Arrival of a Colony therefrom England.-- Obstructions calculated to retard the Progress ofthe Settlement.-- Departure of Governor Phillip.--InterveningGovernors, until the Arrival of John Hunter, Esq. and hisAssumption of the Government.-- Printing Press set up.--Cattlelost, and Discovery of their Progeny in a wild State.--Playhouseopened.--Houses numbered.--Assessments for the building of aCountry Gaol.--Town Clock at Sidney.--Natives.--Convicts.--Improvement of the Colony.--Seditious Dispositions ofthe Convicts.--Departure of Governor Hunter.--His Character andGovernment.-- Comparison of Stock, &c.--Governor King assumesthe Command of the Settlement--Table of Specie Vessel laden withSpirits sent away.-- Earthquake.--Inundation at theHawkesbury.--First Criminal for Forgery executed.--Atlas struckby Lightning.--Tempests.--Desertions of the Convicts.--Newspaperestablished.--Murders.--Singular Execution.--Lieutenant--GovernorCollins forms a new Settlement.--Insurrection of theConvicts.--The Introduction and Progress of Vaccination, and itssubsequent Loss.--Influx of the Sea at Norfolk Island.--Limits ofCounties defined.--Ship overset in a Tempest.
Abstract of General Orders.--Arrival of GovernorBligh.--George Barrington. --Blue Mountains.--Journeythither.--New Market at Sydney. --Vessels seized and carried awayby the Convicts.--Natives.--Cruelty of the Savages in Bateman'sBay.--Arrival of Masters for the Orphan Schools.--New Storehousebuilt.--Murders.
Agriculture, &c.
Price of Provisions and Ration
Trade and Manufactures
Population
Natives
Climate
Natural History
Religion
Morals
Amusements
Military Force
Building: with Reference to the particular Houses, &c. of theIndividuals
Hints for the Improvement of the Colony
LIST OF PLATES
Plan of the Settlements in New SouthWales
View of Sydney from the East Side of theCove
View of Sydney from the East Side of theCove
View of Sydney from the West Side of theCove
View of Sydney from the West Side of theCove
To
JOHN HUNTER, ESQ.
VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
AND LATE
CAPTAIN-GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF IN AND OVER HISMAJESTY'S
COLONY OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, &c. &c.&c.
SIR,
During the period of your government, the settlements of NewSouth Wales beheld the sunshine of their prosperity. The liberaland enlightened measures adopted by you, consolidated thehappiness, and increased the security of the colony; and thetears which were shed at your departure were the most gratefultributes which could be paid to your exalted wo