The Naval Pioneers of Australia

by Louis Becke; Walter Jeffery

INDEX

Abbott, Captain, [144], [147], [257].
Abrolhos, [11], [15], [17], [38].
Adamant, H.M.S., [288].
Adams, John, [234], [240].
Addison's Arithmetical Navigation, [35].
Admiralty Islands, [51].
Adventure Bay, [223].
Alexander, [247].
All Saints, Bay of, [34].
Amazon, [142].
Anson, [51].
Apia Harbour, [32].
Apollo, [287].
Arauco, [241].
Ariadne, [76], [137].
Armstrong Channel, [170].
Arnhem's Land, [184];
discovery of, [9], [16].
Arnhem, [9].
Ascension, [39].
Assistance, [229].
Astrolabe, [138].
Atkin, Mr., [199], [203], [212].
Atkins, Judge-Advocate, [261].
Australia, [59];
belief in the existence, [2];
the Spanish voyages, [4];
the Dutch, [6];
discovery of the south coast, in 1627, [9];
the first English naval expedition, [23];
first use of the name, [184];
condition of the navy in 1804, [293];
in 1898, [294];
merchant shipping trade, [295].
Baffin's Bay, [65].
Bahio de todos los Santos, or the Bay of All Saints, [34].
Ball, Lieutenant, [77], [140], [279].
Banjoewangi, [39].
Banks, Sir Joseph, [53], [67], [73], 149, [154], [158],
[168], [182], [208], [222], [223], [249], [251], [252];
on establishing a penal colony at Botany Bay, [74];
letters from Captain Flinders, [204]-[206], [212], [213];
to Governor King, [209];
to Captain Flinders, [210].
Barham, Lord, [211].
Barrallier, Francis Louis, [279], [280].
Barrier Reef, [60], [63], [184], [227], [284].
Barrington, George, [164].
Barrow, Sir John, his Mutiny of the "Bounty,"
[218], [231], [232], [238], [245].
History of Australia, [2];
History of New South Wales from the Records, [87].
Barwell, [106].
Bashee Islands, [19].
Basilisk, [75].
Bass, George, [95], [105], [279];
his work of surveying, [167];
early career, [169];
appointed surgeon to the Reliance, [169];
discovers the coalfields of New South Wales, [172];
explorations, [172]-[175], [177];
sails in the Venus, [179];
last news, [179];
appearance, [181];
mysterious fate, [181];
various reports, [181].
Bass' Straits, [170], [178], [281], [285].
Batavia, [11], [58], [64], [100], [141].
Batavia, Wreck of the, [10].
Bath, [89].
Bathampton Church, [89].
Bathurst, [292].
Baudin, M., [157], [286];
his expedition to New South Wales, [158];
letter to Captain King, [160].
Baye du Cap, [198], [201].
Beagle, [291].
Bee, [282].
Belcher, Lady, Mutineers of the Bounty, [218], [238].
Bellerophon, [169].
Bellona, [66].
Benevideis, General, [241].
Bennilong Point, [283].
Bergeret, Captain, [199], [212].
Bermudas, [134].
Berwick, [77].
Besant, Sir Walter, [45].
Bishop, Charles, [179].
Blackwood, [291].
Blaxland, George, [291].
Blenheim, [233].
Bligh, Captain, [100], [163], [169], [211], [277], [279];
Governor of New South Wales, [218], [247], [252];
his first visit to the South Seas, [221];
in command of the Bounty, [222];
outbreak of the mutiny, [224];
cast adrift, [225];
his courage and endurance, [226], [246];
reaches Timor, [228];
England, [229];
in command of the Providence, [229];
his version of the mutiny, [242];
responsibility for it, [245];
defence of his conduct, [248]-[250];
instructions, [252];
administration, [254], [296];
dispute with MacArthur, [256];
prohibits the distillation of spirits, [257];
proceedings against MacArthur, [259];
surrenders to Major Johnston, [267];
Rear-Admiral, [270].
Bligh's Passage, [227].
Blue Mountains, [82], [157], [279], [292].
Bonaparte, [133], note.
Bootie, [65].
Botany Bay, [57], [58], [94];
proposal to establish a penal colony at, [74];
arrival of the fleet, [78];
its unsuitability, [81];
state of society, [271].
[51].
Bounty, Mutiny of the, [218];
various books on, [218], [219];
sails for Tahiti, [222];
fittings, [222];
crew, [223];
outbreak of the mutiny, [224];
trial of the mutineers, [232];
sole survivor, [233];
beached and burnt, [234].
Boussole, [138].
Bowen, Lieutenant, [285];
forms a settlement at Derwent, [289].
Bowles, Captain, [240].
Bowrey, Captain, [37].
Brazils, Viceroy of the, treatment of Captain Cook, [55].
Bremen, Jan de, [15].
Bremer, Sir Gordon, [291].
Breton, Cape, [125].
Bridgewater, [186], [188];
escapes being wrecked, [189];
deserts the ships, [190].
Britannia, [144].
Briton, [233].
Britton, Mr., [124].
Broken Bay, [94], [174].
Broome, [39].
Brown, [183], [234].
Buccaneer Archipelago, [20].
Buchan, [53].
Buffalo, [105], [293].
Bunker, Mr., [242].
Bunker's Hill, Battle of, [119], [124].
Burney, Charles, [92].
Burney, extract from his Voyages, [5].
Byron, Mr., [51], [66], [137];
discovers the Falkland Islands, [50].
Byron, his poem of "The Island," [219].
Caen, General de, [199], [201];
his treatment of Captain Flinders, [198], [202];
his report, [207].
Calcutta, [242].
Calcutta, [289].
Callao, [4], [241], [242].
Calliope, [32].
Camden, Lord, [252].
Campbell, Captain, [181].
Campbell, Mr., [201].
Campeachy, Bay of, [19].
Camperdown, Battle of, [248].
Canada, [247].
Canterbury, [40].
Carnarvon, [39].
Carpentaria, Gulf of, [16], [184].
Carteret, Captain, [100];
in command of the Swallow, [50];
his discoveries, [51].
Cascade Bay, [123].
Castle Hill, [152].
Castlereagh, Lord, [250].
Cato, [186], [293];
wreck of the, [188]-[192].
Cavendish, [24].
Celebes, [20].
Chappell, Captain, [217].
Charles II., [37].
Charnock, his Marine Architecture, [23];
illustration of a sixth-rate vessel, [26];
a man-of-war, [27];
his scale of provisions, [30];
dress of sailors, [31].
Chart-making, the work of, [278].
[247].
Chili, [180].
Christian, Fletcher, [224], [225], [234], [242], [244], [250];
mystery of his death, [235];
accounts of his revolt, [236], [238].
Cinque Ports, [42].
Circassian, [242].
Clarke, [92].
Clarke Island, [170].
Clerke, Charles, [65];
his career, [66];
captain of the Discovery, [66];
extracts from his letters, [67]-[71].
Coalcliff, [172].
Cochrane, Lord, [241].
Coker, East, [19].
Cole, Mr., [244].
Collins, Arthur, [119].
Collins, General Arthur Tooker, [119].
Collins, Lieut.-Colonel, on the result of
the first voyage to Botany Bay, [78];
the second voyage, [79];
on the settlers of New South Wales, [83];
his history of it, [118];
career, [119];
appointed Judge-Advocate, [119];
Governor of Van Diemen's Land, [120];
appearance, [120];
character, [121];
in command of the expedition to colonize Port Phillip, [289].
Colnett, Captain, [164].
Convicts, mutiny, [152].
Cook, Captain James, [221], [249];
his early years, [45];
appointed master of the Mercury, [45];
marine surveyor of Newfoundland, [46];
in command of the expedition to the Pacific, [46];
object of his voyage, [52];
commander of the Endeavour, [52], [53];
his ship's company, [53];
food supply, [54];
order on the treatment of scurvy, [54];
treatment by the Viceroy of the Brazils, [55];
at Point Hicks, [57];
Botany Bay, [57];
discovers and surveys the east coast, [58];
sails through Torres Strait, [58];
takes possession of the continent, [58];
his difficulties, [60];
extracts from his entries, [60]-[63];
on the number of deaths at Batavia, [64];
logs of his officers, [65];
accidental discovery of Australia, [71];
discovers Norfolk Island, [139];
report, [139].
Coombes, Miss, [165].
Cooper-King, Colonel C, on the punishment of marines, [122].
Copenhagen, [142];
battle of, [249].
Cornelis, Jerome, the mutiny of, [11]-[15].
Coupang, [198], [231].
Courageux, [66], [119].
Crescent, [241].
Crossley, [183].
Cumberland, [159], [194], [196], [201], [293].
Cunningham, James, [140].
Curtis, Sir Roger, [287], [288].
Cygnet, [19].
Cygnet Bay, [20].
Daedalus, [144].
Daily Graphic, [247];
extract from, [248]-[250].
Dalrymple, [6], [52];
his jealousy of Captain Cook, [52], [56];
Historical Collection of Voyages, [56].
Dalrymple Port, [271].
Dampier, Captain, [8], [17], [51];
his voyages, [19];
slave "Joey," [20];
observations on the natives, [21];
in command of the Roebuck, [23];
account of his travels, [28];
dedication to the Hon. C. Mountague, [28];
his pay, [29];
ill-disciplined crew, [34];
scientific results of the voyage, [35];
on Tasman's draught of the coast, [36];
in Sharks' Bay, [38];
at New Guinea, [39];
foundering of his ship, [39];
personality, [40];
summary of his work, [41];
dedication to the Earl of Pembroke, [42];
in command of a privateering expedition, [42];
sails as pilot, [43];
obscure death, [43];
his Voyage, [56].
Dampier's Monument, [21].
Davies, Lieutenant, [152].
Davies, John, [24];
his work on navigation, [35].
Dawes, [118], [279];
Battery, [118];
Point, [283].
De Quiros discovers various islands, [4].
Denmark, Matilda, Queen of, [119].
Deptford, [53].
Derwent, settlement at, [289];
River, [268].
Dewar, Mr. W., [70].
Director, [248].
Dirk Hartog's Road, [38].
Discovery, [66], [68].
Dixon, Mr., [153].
Doggerbank, [249].
Dolphin, [50], [51], [66], [137].
Donington, [168].
Duckett, [59].
Duff, [133].
Duke, [288].
Duncan, Admiral, [248].
Duncan, [214].
Dunton, John, A New Discovery of Terra Incognita Australis, or the Southern World, by James Sadeur, a Frenchman, [37].
Dusky Bay, [179].
Dutch, their voyages to Australia, [6];
East India Company, establishment of the, [7].
Duyphen Point, [8].
Duyphen, its voyages to New Guinea, [7].
Eagle, [45], [93].
East Indies, [71].
Edwards, Captain, [229], [245];
his treatment of the mutineers of the Bounty, [230]-[232].
Ellis, Mr. W., [70].
Elphinstone, [229].
Encounter Bay, [184].
Endeavour, [48], [52], [179];
sketch of the vessel, [53];
its condition, [60];
goes ashore on the Barrier Reef, [60].
Endeavour River, [63].
Endragt, [8].
England, state of the navy, [22].
Esmeralda, [241].
Etheridge, Mr., [166].
Europe, [76], [137].
Evans, [292].
Evelyn, John, extract from, on Captain Dampier, [18].
Everard, Cape, [57].
Everett, Captain Michael, [75].
Exmouth Gulf, [16].
Falconer, [92].
Falkland Islands, discovery of, [50].
Fish, Rev. Lancelot J., [90].
Fitzmaurice, Lieutenant, [181].
Fitzroy, [291].
Flattery, Cape, [63].
Flinders, Matthew, [59], [105], [279], [284], [286];
his work of surveying, [167];
early career, [168];
joins the Reliance, [169];
discoveries, [170], [176], [177], [178], [184];
in command of the Norfolk, [177];
return to England, [178], [182];
on the circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land, [182];
in command of the Investigator, [182];
charts of the coast, [184];
on board the Porpoise, [186];
wrecked, [187]-[192];
reaches Sydney, [192];
at Wreck Reef, [196];
his description of the Cumberland, [197];
letter to Governor King on being taken prisoner, [198]-[201];
tyranny of General de Caen, [202];
imprisonment, [203];
letters to Sir J. Banks, [204]-[206], [212], [213];
to General de Caen, [208], [209];
obtains his freedom, [215];
arrives in England, [216];
Account of a Voyage to Terra Australia, [216];
his daughter, [217].
Flinders, Samuel, [169], [183].
Flinders, Mrs., [210].
Fly,

[291].
Folger, Matthew, [233].
Forwood, [65].
Foveaux, Lieutenant-Colonel, [268].
Fowler, Lieutenant, [186], [189].
Francis, [176], [194], [196], [197], [293].
Franklin, John, [183].
Frazer, Harriet, [119].
Freycinet, De, [8].
Frobisher, extract from, on Australia, [3].
Fryer, John, [223], [224], [225], [243].
Funnel, in command of the Cinque Ports, [43].
Furneaux, Captain, [173], [174].
Furneaux group, [177].
Gambia, [241].
Garden Island, [294].
Gascoyne division, [38].
George, St., [42].
George, III., anniversary of his birthday, [283].
Geographe, [160], [200], [286].
Gerald, [165].
[125].
Glatton, H.M.S., [163], [244], note, [249].
Good Hope, Cape of, [68], [71], [95], [102], [105], [216].
Gorgon, [143].
Grampus, [92].
Grant, Lieutenant James, [280];
in command of the Lady Nelson, [281];
his Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, [281];
instructions, [281];
survey of the coast, [282].
Green, [53], [65].
Green Cape, [177].
Gregory, Rev. William, [133].
Grey, Sir George, [291].
Grimes, Surveyor, [286].
Grose, Francis, [124].
Grose, Major, [102];
his method of governing New South Wales, [103];
offers to form a corps, [123];
manner of raising, [126];
his career, [124];
grants of land to officers, [130];
in temporary command, [143];
cause of offence against Governor King, [145].
Guardian, wreck of the, [142].
Gulde Zeepard, [10].
Guns, table of, [25].
Gunter, [35].
Hacking, Quartermaster, [279].
Hackney Churchyard, [113].
Hadley, his quadrant, [35];
sextant, [50].
Hallett, [243].
Halley, [52].
Hamelin, Captain, of the Naturaliste, [8].
Hamilton, Mr., [176].
Harriet, [215].
Harrington, [181].
Harrison, his chronometer, [50].
Hartog, Dirk, in command of the Endragt, [8].
Hawke, Lord, [52].
Hawkesbury, River, [94], [254].
Hawkesworth, Dr., [45], [58], [60], [81].
Hayes, Sir Henry Browne, [164].
Helena, St., [64], [101].
Henriques, Don, [236].
Henry VIII., [22].
Herbert, Captain, [75].
Heywood, [219], [229], [238], [242], [250];
imprisoned on the Pandora, [230];
trial, [232];
pardoned, [233].
Hicks, Lieutenant, [64], [65].
Hicks, Point, [57].
Hobart, Lord, [160], [290];
recalls Captain King, [162].
Hobart, [271], [290].
Hodmadods, (Hottentots) of Monomatapa, [21].
Hodson, [291].
Hogan, Mr., [290].
Hollandia Nova, [16].
Holt, memoirs of, [118], [156].
Hope, The [192].
Horn, Cape, [71], [101].
Houtman's Abrolhos, [10].
Howe, Cape, [171].
Howe, Lord, [76], [93], [94], [102], [119], [169], [249].
[292].
Hunter, John, [279], [296];
early years, [91];
at school, [92];
various appointments, [93];
in command of the Sirius, [93];
his charts and land maps, [94];
sent to obtain supplies, [95];
character, [95];
shipwrecked, [96]-[98];
account of his voyage home, [99]-[101];
appointed governor of New South Wales, [102];
interest in exploration, [105];
good-nature, [107];
quarrel with Captain MacArthur, [108];
charges against him, [109];
letters from the Duke of Portland, [109], [110];
recalled, [111], [149];
indignation, [111];
in command of the Venerable, [113];
death, [113];
on the explorations of Bass and Flinders, [172]-[176].
Hunter, William, [92].
Hunter River, [284].
Indefatigable, [240].
Integrity, [293].
Investigator, [182], [284], [293];
its condition, [185].
Ipswich, [118].
Isle of France, [199], [209].
Jackson, Sir George, [59].
James II., [22].
James' Naval History, [23], [24].
Jamison, Thomas, [140].
Jarvis' Bay, [173].
"Jeoey, Painted Prince," [20].
Johnson, [106].
Johnston, Major, [127], [256], [264];
his report of the convict mutiny, [152]-[154];
demands release of MacArthur, [265];
assumes the government, [267];
court-martial on, [270], [275];
cashiered, [270], [276];
defence, [275].
Jorgenson, the "King of Iceland," [290].
Juan Fernandez, [43], [236].
Kemp, Captain, [262].
Kent, Captain, [105], [185].
Keppel, Admiral, [124].
Kew, [186].
Kimberley, West, [20].
King, Philip Gidley, [111], [136], [280], [286];
governor of Norfolk Island, [122], [140];
extract from his journal on establishing martial law, [123];
statement of his services, [137];
administration, [141];
voyage to England, [141];
recognition of his services, [143];
marriage, [143], [165];
return to Norfolk Island, [143];
accompanies the Maoris to New Zealand, [144];
gives offence to Major Grose, [145];
suppression of a mutiny, [146]-[148];
governor of New South Wales, [149];
administration, [149], [296];
on the corps, [150];
his indulgences to political prisoners, [151];
revolt of convicts, [152]-[154];
on M. Baudin's visit, [158]-[160];
the treatment of the officers, [161];
lampoon, [162];
[163];
defence of his conduct, [163];
famous prisoners, [164];
his son, [165];
on the work of Flinders, [185];
assistance to him, [194];
proclamation, [283];
opinion of Grant, [283];
on his stolen despatches, [285];
sends an expedition to colonize Derwent, [289];
his report on the navy, [293].
King, Phillip Parker, [165];
his voyages round the Australian coast, [290].
King, Mr., [71].
King George, [294].
King's Island, [159].
King's Sound, [21].
Kite, [137].
Klencke, of Amsterdam, [37].
Knowles, Sir Charles, [93].
Labillardiere, his Voyage in Search of La Pérouse, [243].
Ladrones, [19].
Lady Nelson, [183], [184], [280], [281], [283], [284], [285], [289], [293];
destroyed by Maoris, [290].
Lady Shore, mutiny on board, [132].
Lancaster, H.M.S., [288].
Lang, Dr., his History of New South Wales, [107], [154], [250], [254], [273].
Larcom, Thomas, [288].
Lawrence, St., [46].
Lawson, William, [291].
Laycock, Quartermaster, [152], [153].
Ledward, [224].
Leeuwin, Cape, [10], [184].
Leith, [91].
Lima, [181].
Linois, Admiral, [200].
Lion, [65].
Lipari Islands, [241].
Liverpool, [137].
Longnose Bay, [173].
Lord Howe Island, [140].
Louisiade Archipelago, [4].
Lumsdine, Captain, [287].
MacArthur, Captain John, [107], [150];
character, [108];
quarrel with Captain Hunter, [108];
his duels with Captain Gilbert, [125];
with Lieut.-Colonel Paterson, [151];
successful wool-growing, [157];
dispute with Captain Bligh, [256];
seizure of his stills, [258];
proceedings against him, [259];
indictment, [261];
objects to be tried by Judge-Advocate Atkins, [262];
lodged in gaol, [263];
released, [265];
acquitted, [267];
his return in 1817, [270].
Macassar, Strait of, [100].
Macquarie, Governor, his administration of New South Wales, [269], [296].
Magellan Straits, [51].
Major, R.H., Early Voyages to Australia, [2], [6], [11]-[15], [37].
Manly, Captain, [287].
Margaret, [294].
Margarot, [165].
[114];
petition for liquor, [115];
officers, [116], [118];
severity of the punishments, [122];
granted discharges, [127];
privileges of re-enlistment, [127].
Marquis de Seignelay, [93].
Marsden, [106].
Marshall, Captain, [80].
Marshall, Mr., [119].
Martin, [234].
Matavai Bay, [223], [229].
Matra, Jean Maria, [74].
Mauritius, [142], [198].
Maxwell, Lieutenant George William, [100].
McBride, Admiral, [119].
McBride, Dr., his method of treating scurvy, [54].
McClure, [279].
McCoy, [234], [235].
McFarland, Judge, his book on The Mutiny of the "Bounty," [219].
Mercator, Gerald, his chart, [35].
Mercury, [46].
Messina, [241].
Middleton, Sir Charles, [211].
Mills, [234].
Mindanao, [20], [101].
Missionaries, on the condition of New South Wales, [105].
Molineux, Robert, [65].
Monistrol, Colonel, [203], [207].
Monson, Sir William, Naval Tracts, [25].
Monte Video, [133].
Moore, Thomas, letter from, [182].
Morley, Roger, [140].
Morrison, [232], [233].
Mosse Island, [134].
Motham, J., [288].
Motherbank, [76].
Moulter, James, [231].
Mountague, Hon. Charles, [28].
Muir, [165].
Mulgrave, Lord, [119].
Murray, Lieutenant, [285], [286];
certificate of his services, [287].
Murray, Rear-Admiral, [240].
Murray, Rev. T.B., extract from, on Mr. Nobbs, [240]-[242].
Muspratt, [233].
Naples, [241].
Naturaliste, [8], [160], [200], [286].
Nautical Almanac, first number of the, [50].
Nautilus, [177].
Naval Chronicle, [92], [94].
Navigation aux Terres Australes, Histoire des, [57].
Navy, condition of the, in 1688, [22]; in 1769, [48]; in 1804, [293]; in 1898, [294];
officers, [29];
scale of provisions, [30];
dress of sailors, [31];
[32];
improvement in the class of seamen, [48];
food and accommodation, [49];
changes in the uniform of officers, [55].
Nelson, Lord, [46], [142], [244], [249].
Nelson, the botanist, [224], [228].
Nepean, Captain, [145].
[125].
Nepean, Nicholas, [124].
Nepean River, [125], [254].
Neptune, [80], [125].
New Britain, [39], [100].
New Caledonia, [100].
New Guinea, [4], [7], [9], [39], [51], [58], [63].
New Hebrides, or Tierra Australis del Espiritu Santo, [4].
New Holland, [16], [20], [50], [59], [71], [95].
New Ireland, [51], [100].
New South Wales, [58];
scheme for colonizing, [74];
opinions on the country, [82];
agricultural returns, [83];
convict population, [84];
administration of Captain Phillip, [85];
Captain Hunter, [102];
the military, [102];
state of disorder, [103];
the corps, [103];
bushrangers, [105];
the marines, [114];
officers, [116], [118];
formation of the corps, [123];
manner of raising, [126];
maximum strength, [127];
marines granted discharges, [127];
privileges of re-enlistment, [127];
emigrants, [128];
emancipated convicts, [128];
the first cargo of rum, [131];
character of the corps, [131];
breaches of discipline, [132];
number of companies, [134];
the veteran, [134];
abolished, [135], [269];
revolt of convicts, [152];
the first newspaper, [157];
administration of Capt. King, [136];
discovery of coalfields, [172];
Captain Bligh, [218];
under martial law, [267];
population, [271];
condition of the colony, [271];
Governor Macquarie, [269].
New South Wales Records, [67].
New Zealand, [7], [57], [71], [143].
Newcastle, [105];
town of, founded, [157].
Newfoundland, [46].
Nicobar Islands, [20].
Nobbs, Rev. George H., his history, [240]-[242].
Norfolk, [177], [178], [183].
Norfolk Island, [96], [99], [128], [235];
establishment of martial law, [122];
discovery of, [139];
colonization, [140];
population, [140];
mutiny, [146]-[148].
Norton, Sir Fletcher, [67].
Nutting, Mary, letter from, on Captain Bligh, [248]-[250].
Nuyts Archipelago, [10].
Nuyts, Peter, [10].
Oakes, Francis, [260].
Ocean, [289].
Otaheite, [237].
Oxford, Earl of, [29].
Oxley, [292].
Palliser, Sir Hugh, [46].
Palmer, [165].
Palmerston, Lord, [86].
Pandora frigate, [229];
wrecked, [231].
Pandora's Reef, [231].
Paramour, [52].
Paris, Peace of, [93].
Parker, Admiral, [249].
Parramatta, [83], [128], [152].
Pascoe, Lieutenant, [47].
Pasley, [169].
Paterson, Lieut.-Colonel, [103], [104], [125], [268], [280];
his duel with Captain MacArthur, [151].
Peckover, William, [224].
Pellew, Sir Edward, [213], [214].

Pelsart, Francis, in command of the Batavia, [10].
Pembroke, Earl of, [42].
Pepy's Diary, [18], [22], [31], [32].
Pérouse, La, [8], [66], [139], [243].
Peru, [181].
Pesa, [9].
Petit, Mr., [161].
Petril, Mrs. Annie, [217].
Philip III. of Spain, [6].
Philippines, The, [20].
Phillip, Captain Arthur, [139], [166], [270], [279];
his early career, [75];
in command of the first fleet to New South Wales, [76];
number of vessels, [77];
his good management, [79];
Governor-in-Chief and Captain-General, [80];
on the unsuitability of Botany Bay, [80];
explores the coast, [81];
founds Sydney, [81];
administration, [84], [296];
qualifications, [87];
resignation, [89];
promotions and death, [89].
Pickersgill, [65];
Commander of the Lion, [65].
Pindar, Peter, [74].
Pitcairn Island, [51], [233];
character of its population, [234].
Pitcairne, Major, [119].
Pitt, William, [164].
Plymouth, [125], [221].
Polyphemus, [287].
Porpoise, [159], [186], [197], [285], [287], [293];
wreck of the, [187]-[192].
Port Bowen, [187].
Port King, [286].
Port Jackson, [59], [81], [94], [142].
Port Louis, [142], [198], [201].
Port Phillip, [157], [160], [184];
discovery of, [285];
attempt to colonize, [271], [289].
Port Royal, [52].
Port Stephens, [59].
Portland, Duke of, [107], [148], [150], [172];
extract of his letters to Captain Hunter, [109]-[111].
Portland, [64].
Possession Island, [58].
Preservation Island, [170], [177].
Princess, [137].
Providence, [100], [169], [229], [249].
Providential Channel, [63].
Prudent, [137].
Purchas, extract from, on Australia, [3].
Putland, Mrs., [266].
Quebec, [93];
siege of, [46].
Queen Charlotte, [102].
Quintall, [234], [235].
Rattlesnake, H.M.S., [288], [291].
Reliance, [168], [169], [178].
Renown, [137].
Resolution, [65], [66], [221], [230], [249].
Resource, [197], [293].
Restoration Island, [227].
Rio de Janeiro, [132].
Riou, Captain, [142].
Robinson, Commander C.N., The British Fleet, [28], [31].
Rochefort, [93].
Rochester, [119].
Rodney, Sir George, [93].
Rodriguez, Island of, [233]
Roebuck, H.M.S., [23], [240];
a sixth-rate vessel, [24];
guns, [26];
officers, [29];
scale of provisions, [30];
dress of the sailors, [31];
founders, [39].
Roebuck Bay, [39].
Roeburne, [39].
Rogers, Woodes, [43].
Rolla, [194], [196], [197].
Rosemary Isles, [39], [213].
Ross, Major, [96];
on the attempt to colonize New South Wales, [82];
commandant and lieutenant-governor, [116];
character, [117];
return to England, [117];
establishes martial law at Norfolk Island, [122];
in temporary command, [143].
Ross Point, [97].
Royal George, [92].
Royal Prince, [19].
Russell, Mr. Clark, his sketch of Dampier, [40].
Sadeur, James, [37].
Sailors, dress of, [31];
life on board ship, [32];
compared with the modern, [32], [33];
improvement in the class, [48];
food and accommodation, [49].
Sandwich Islands, [51].
Sandwich, Lord, [67], [68].
Sandy Hook, [93].
Santham, Mr. G., [70].
Sardam, the frigate, [14].
Saunders, Sir Charles, [93].
Scarborough, [80].
Schanck, Cape, [281];
Mount, [281].
Schanck, Captain, [280].
Scilly Isles, [247].
Scipio, [169].
Scott, Captain, [287].
Selkirk, Alexander, [43].
Semple, Major, [132].
Shark's Bay, [8], [36], [38].
Shortland, [105].
Shortlands, [279].
Sierra Leone, [241].
Simon's Bay, [223], [288].
Sirius, [77], [82], [93], [137], [140], [143];
wreck of the, [96]-[98].
Skirving, [165].
Sleaford, [169].
Smith, [234];
his work at Pitcairn, [234].
Smollett, Roderick Random, [31].
Solander, Dr., [53], [70].
South Sea Islands, [179].
Southwell, extracts from his letters, [95], [96]-[98].
Spanish, voyages to Australia, [4].
Spencer, Lord, [211].
[76], [222], [232].
Spragge, Captain Sir Edward, [19].
Stephens, Mr. Philip, [59].
Sterling, [291].
Stewart, [229];
imprisoned on the Pandora, [230];
drowned, [231].
Stingray Bay, [57].
Stirling Castle, [75].
Stokes, [291].
Storm Bay Passage, [159].
Success, [291].
Sunda, Strait of, [242].
Supply, [77], [96], [140], [141], [143].
Sutherland, Forby, [57].
Swallow, [50], [51], [100], [137].
Swan, Captain, [19].
Swan Point, [21].
Swiftsure, [89].
Sydney, [59];
harbour, [81], [184].
Sydney Cove, wreck of the, [170], [176].
Sydney Gazette, the first paper, [157].
Sydney, Lord, [76].
Table Bay, [101].
Tagus, [233].
Tahiti, [50], [52], [105], [169], [222], [223], [229], [234].
Tamar, [50], [291].
Tasman, Commander Abel Janszoon, his voyages and discoveries, [7], [15], [37];
death at Batavia, [16];
draught of the coast of Australia, [36].
Tasmania, [170];
capital of, [290].
Tench, Captain, [137], [279];
his history of New South Wales, [82], [118], [138].
Teneriffe, [78], [223].
Therenot, extract from his Recueil de Voyages Curieux, [11]-[15].
Therry, Judge, his reminiscences of New South Wales, [154];
on the revolt against Captain Bligh, [273], [274].
Thompson, [257].
Timor, [20], [39], [198], [226], [228], [249].
Tofoa, [224], [226], [228].
Tom Thumb, [170].
Topaz, [239].
Torbay, [113].
Torres, Luis Vaez de, his explorations, [4].
Torres Straits, [6], [8], [16], [58], [184], [227].
Trafalgar, battle of, [214].
Transportation, commission of enquiry, [73].
Tribulation, Cape, [61].
True Briton, The, extract from, [236].
Tubuai, [234].
Valparaiso, [181], [241], [242].
Van Diemen, Antonio, Governor-General of Batavia, [7].
Van Diemen's Land, [7], [95], [120], [177], [182], [223];
settlement at, [157].
Vancouver, [279];
expedition under, [143].
Venerable, [113].
Venus, [178].
Vessel, a sixth-rate, [26].
Victoria, [57], [171].
Victoria, sailors of the, [33].
Victory, [93];
launched in 1765, [48].
Vigo, [66].
Virginia, [137].
Vryheid, [248].
Waaksamheyd, [99], [101].
Wager, loss of the, [33];
crew, [49].
Wallis, [51], [65];
in command of the Dolphin, [50].
Warrior, [247].
Waterhouse, Captain, [179].
Wattamolla Harbour, [171].
Wentworth, William Charles, [291].
West, Dr., extract from, on Governor Bligh, [274].
Westall, [183].
Weybehays, [12].
White, on the colony of New South Wales, [83].
Wickham, [291].
Wilkinson, [65].
William III., [23], [29].
Williams, [234].
Wilson's Promontory, [282], [283].
Windmill Hills, [283].
Wouterlos, [14].
Wreck Island, [194], [197].
Wright, Edward, [35].
Xenophon, [183].
York, Cape, [5], [8], [58].
York, Duke of, [22].
Young, Admiral Sir George, [74].
Young, [234], [235].
Zeewigk, [17].