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GEORGE BARRINGTON (1755-c.1840)
A Voyage to Botany Bay, with a Description of the Country, the Manners, Customs, Religion . of the Natives ... to which is added his life and trial. London: C… Lowndes for H.D. Symonds, [n.d., but paper watermarked 1800]. Engraved title-vignette and frontispiece. [Bound with:] -- A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales. London: C. Lowndes for H.D. Symonds, 1801. 2 works bound in one vol., 12°-in-6s (175 x 102mm). Contemporary half calf (extremities lightly rubbed with tiny chip to headcap).
CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN NARRATIVES. George Barrington, whose real name was Waldron, was an infamous pickpocket sentenced to seven years' transportation in 1790. On his voyage, he prevented the ship from being seized by the convicts and was recommended to the favourable consideration of Governor Philip, who made him superintendent of the convicts. He was the first to receive, in 1792, a certificate of emancipation, and later he rose to be high constable of Paramatta. Much information regarding the indigenous population of New South Wales is provided, particularly regarding their attempts to establish friendly relations with them. Also included is an account of the wounding of Governor Philip by a native spear, and the supposed discovery of the convict Dailey. Ferguson 203 and 206.
A Voyage to Botany Bay, with a Description of the Country, the Manners, Customs, Religion . of the Natives ... to which is added his life and trial. London: C… Lowndes for H.D. Symonds, [n.d., but paper watermarked 1800]. Engraved title-vignette and frontispiece. [Bound with:] -- A Sequel to Barrington's Voyage to New South Wales. London: C. Lowndes for H.D. Symonds, 1801. 2 works bound in one vol., 12°-in-6s (175 x 102mm). Contemporary half calf (extremities lightly rubbed with tiny chip to headcap).
CLASSIC AUSTRALIAN NARRATIVES. George Barrington, whose real name was Waldron, was an infamous pickpocket sentenced to seven years' transportation in 1790. On his voyage, he prevented the ship from being seized by the convicts and was recommended to the favourable consideration of Governor Philip, who made him superintendent of the convicts. He was the first to receive, in 1792, a certificate of emancipation, and later he rose to be high constable of Paramatta. Much information regarding the indigenous population of New South Wales is provided, particularly regarding their attempts to establish friendly relations with them. Also included is an account of the wounding of Governor Philip by a native spear, and the supposed discovery of the convict Dailey. Ferguson 203 and 206.