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Tench, Watkin

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Marine officer and writer whose accounts of the early colony were among the first published.

A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson: lain down from actual survey 1791 as Creator
Detail showing Prospect Hill from 'A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson' 1791 as Creator
Detail showing area between Port Jackson and Botany Bay from 'A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson' 1791 as Creator
The death of McIntyre and Phillip's orders, December 1790, from Tench's 'A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales' 1793 as Creator

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A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson: lain down from actual survey 1791

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By
Watkin Tench
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a928468 / Q79/64]
(From Watkin Tench's 'A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales [...]' 1793, London, G. Nicol) (Dixson Map Collection)

Detail showing Prospect Hill from 'A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson' 1791

full record »
By
Watkin Tench
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a928468 / DL Q79/64]
(from A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : including an accurate description of the situation of the colony; of the natives; and of its natural productions / taken on the spot, by Captain Watkin Tench, of the Marines, London, 1793) (Dixson Library)

Detail showing area between Port Jackson and Botany Bay from 'A map of the hitherto explored country contiguous to Port Jackson' ...

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By
Watkin Tench
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[a928468 / DL Q79/64 (detail)]
(from A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : including an accurate description of the situation of the colony; of the natives; and of its natural productions / taken on the spot, by Captain Watkin Tench, of the Marines, London, 1793) (Dixson Library)

The death of McIntyre and Phillip's orders, December 1790, from Tench's 'A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in ...

full record »
By
Watkin Tench
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[DL Q79/64, page 91]
(From Watkin Tench's 'A complete account of the settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales [...]' 1793, London, G. Nicol) (Dixson Library)