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,
Brand: Cambridge University Press
Description
James Tuckey (1776–1816) was the first lieutenant on H.M.S. Calcutta when it was given orders in 1802 to sail to Port Phillip, New South Wales (today's Melbourne), establish a convict colony and conduct a survey of the area. Tuckey recalls the journey in this account, published in 1805.
