An Account of a Voyage to Establish a Colony at Port Philip in Bass's Strait, on the South Coast of New South Wales, in His Majesty's Ship Calcutta, in the Years 1802-3-4Narrative and observations of voyage, flora, etc.; observation of Aborigines, Port Phillip (p. 167-90); Natives presented with blankets and biscuits; Evidence of ashes from burnt grass; warlike men, physical appearance, smallpox (p. 176-177); material culture, conduct. |
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