Representations of life in the penal settlement at Sydney Cove
Maps and images
Secondary source:
Settlement chapters
Overview
Arthur Phillip ~ 1788
Arthur Phillip ~ 1789
Watkin Tench
John White
Arthur Bowes-Smyth
Newton Fowell
Deborah Brooks
David Blackburn
Reverend Johnson
William Bradley
James Campbell
Convicts / Women
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Primary source:
Chart of Port Jackson - 1788 Charting the land | State Library of New South Wales
Primary source:
Sydney Cove Port Jackson, by William Bradley - March 1788 - Available State Library of NSW, Dictionary of Sydney.
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Primary source:
Sydney Cove Port Jackson - April 1788 Charting the land | State Library of New South Wales
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Primary source:
View of Sydney Cove, painted by Thomas Watling. Date 1794-1796 - Available State Library of NSW.
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Huts and tents ~ An extract from a painting of Sydney Cove in 1788.
Somewhere to sleep | State Library of New South Wales
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Primary source:
A Government Jail Gang, Sydney NSW - By Augustus Earle (The convict experience | State Library of New South Wales)
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Family of four in Port Jackson - Based on sketches by S Leroy 1791 - National Museum of Australia
Family of four in Port Jackson - Based on sketches by S Leroy 1791 - National Museum of Australia
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Primary source
LINKS TO PLATES ~ Author: David Collins
Eastern view of Sydney taken from a small prominence, nigh the new barracks.
South view of Sydney taken from the brow of the hill leading to the flag staff.
South east view of Sydney extending from the old to the new barracks, including the Church, Pitt and Spring Rows.