Index
NOTE: Only King's spellings of surnames and first names (particularly of convicts) are used in this Index. The first name “Jno” has been set down as “Jonathon”. Cobley, J, Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts should be consulted as to the variety of spellings of First Fleet convict names.
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Abbot, Lt: King accuses of insubordination (in draft letter to U/Secy Nepean), 371
Aborigines: canoes 32, contact with strangers 32, 33, 34, 35; Phillip meets 32; appearance 33; dogs 34; threaten King 34: their curiosity; desecrate grave 40
Adjutant: See Long, John Lt.
Agent for Transports: See Shortland, John
Albratrosses: seen 19, 25, 26, 27, 29
Aldebaran (star): used for Lunars 41, 42
Alexander Transport (Sinclair, Duncan, Captain): tonnage, crew, convicts 6; mentioned 7, 13; Joseph Powers (convict) escapes from 11; recaptured 12; attempted mutiny 20; to proceed ahead of fleet 24; arrives at Botany Bay 33
Altree, John Turnpenny (Surgeon): house 72; mentioned 77, 81, 112; supervise making of landing place 117, 168, 169; examines complement of Supply 209; garden destroyed by grubs 282
Amethyst: at Rio de Janeiro 18
Ancora Island (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 16
Ancott, John (carpenter on Norfolk Island): and Sirius wreck 347
Anderson, Jonathon (convict): accompanies Mr. Altree and Thomas Webb to-Ball Bay 169; punished for robbing Corporal Goven's garden 317
Anna Pink (ship of Lord Anson's squadron): mentioned 17
Anson Bay (Norfolk Island): named by King 44; to be explored 46; mentioned 175, 282, 299, 301
Aqueduct: in Tenerife 11
Arihades Island (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 18
Arthur's Vale (Norfolk Island): barley at 164; mentioned generally in connection with planting wheat 145, 166, 185, 187, 189, 202, 203, 211, 213, 219, 221, 229, 237, 243, 259, 261, 262, 263, 265, 267, 269, 273, 275, 281, 283, 284, 285, 289, 293, 297, 301, 311, 315, 319, 337, 338
Artichokes (Artechoks): gathered 96
Asses: in Tenerife 10
Astrolabe French Ship (Clonard, Joseph-Ernest Sutton de, Captain): off Botany Bay 36, D'Langle of, killed 38; well-equipped 39
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Ball, Henry Lidgbird, Lieut, RN (Commander, Supply): mentioned 5, 25, 27, 33, 37, 51, 99, 112; discovers Lord Howe Island 41, 42; attempts to land at Norfolk Island 42, 43; report to King 44; Supply in Anson Bay 46; takes possession of Norfolk with King 47; examines Sydney Bay 46
Balls Bay (Norfolk Island): mentioned generally as harbourage for supply ships from Port Jackson 99, 145, 177, 184, 185, 186, 191, 241, 244, 253, 283, 289, 301, 329, 339; King explores 112; site for landing 112, 117, 122, 167, 169, 171, 173, 230, 231, 233; abandoned until Spring 117; re-visited by King 119, 121
Balls Pyramid (Lord Howe Island): “a pointed rock” seen 41; discovered by Lieut. Ball 42; mentioned 349
Bananas: supplied at Rio de Janeiro 15; trees transplanted at Norfolk Island 64; trees transplanted to plantation 85
Bare Island (Botany Bay): mentioned 32
Barley: price of 22; English 376; ground cleared at Norfolk Island 61; 1½ pecks sown 88, 96, 98; cropped 92, 164, 187, 279; sown 92, 288; coming up 94, 98, 128; received from Supply sown 124; “much lodged” with rain 130; damaged by gale 132; attacked by rats 136; yield 164; mentioned 165, 309; damaged by rain 193, 194; to be sown 244; promising appearance 268; fenced 283; destroyed by caterpillars 290; cutting 306; threshing 309
Barracks (for marines): See also Stockade: mentioned 325; building 333, 335, 337, 339
Basil (Bazil): gathered 96
Batavia (Djakarta — Indonesia): mentioned 21; French ships (La Perouse) to return to Europe via 39; Supply to call for provisions 353
Batchelor, Jonathon (marine): punished for theft of rum 67; drowned 87; body recovered and interred 89
Beans: “beans” poison sawyer and carpenter 75; different sorts sown 106, 108, 119; blighted by wind 224
Beans, French: sown 54; seeds up 56; damaged by wind 61; dwarf speckled variety sown 164
Beans, Garden: sown 54, seeds up 56
Beef: supplied at Tenerife 11; supplied at Rio de Janeiro 15; cost of at Cape Town 22; English prices 376, 377; substituted by fish — See Fish; substituted by turtle — See Turtle
Beet: sown 54, 96
Berthand, —: French chronometers made by 39
Berwick Store Ship: name changed to Sirius 5
Birds: described at sea 19, 25, 27, 29; great quantities at Norfolk Island 46. See also: Albatrosses, Doves, Gannets, Gulls, Parakeets (Perroquets), Petrels, Pigeons, Pintado birds
Births: See Children
Blackhall, William (convict): punished for insubordination 317
Boa Vista (Cape Verde Islands): seen 12
Board of Longitude: lends La Perouse some of Captain Cook's equipment 39
Bona Vista: See Boa Vista
Borrowdale Store Ship (Reed, H, Master): tonnage, crew 6
Botany Bay: mentioned 6, 24, 31, 37; arrives at 32. See also: Cape Solander, Bare Island
Bougainville, Louis Antoine de: discovery of Navigators Isles 38
Boussole French Ship (La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup, Commander): off Botany Bay 36; King boards 37; well-equipped 39; mentioned 40
Boyle, Jonathon (convict): punished for absenting self from work 335
Bradley, William (1st Lieutenant Sirius): mentioned 13, 14, 23
Branagan, John (convict): offer to board Sirius wreck 347; sets fire to Sirius wreck 347; taken into custody 347.
Branciforte, Miguel Marquis de (Brance Forte): Governor of Tenerife 9
Brandy: English price 376
Brazil: mentioned 26
Bread: purchased at Cape Town 21
Breedon, John (Helmsman, Sirius): mentioned 26
Brest, Port of (France): French ships (La Perouse) fitted out at 29
Broccoli (Sib. Brocoli): sown 54
Broken Bay (Pitt Water): examined 35
Bryant, John (convict): killed by tree 269
Burn, James (convict): punished for stealing Indian Corn 327
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Cabbages: cost of at Cape Town 22; sown 52; early variety sown 54; seeds up 54, 98; gathered 96; 700 plants sown 96; transplanted 117, 122; destroyed by hurricane 202
Caffres Country: explored by Colonel Gordon 23
California (U.S.A.): La Perouse sails down coast 38
Callam, James (Surgeon, Supply): explores Norfolk Island 44, lost in woods with King 45
Canary Islands: mentioned 9
Candles: English prices 376
Canvas: English prices 377
Cape de Verde Islands: See Cape Verde Islands
Cape Frio (Brazil): seen 14, abreast of 15; approach to landing described 16
Cape Long Nose: See Point Long Nose
Cape of Good Hope: mentioned 19, 23, 24, 26, 27; French ships (La Perouse) to return to Europe via 39
Cape Pigeons: See Pintado Birds
Cape Solander: seen 32
Cape Three Points: seen 349, 353
Cape Town: anchor at 20; described 21, 22; good supplies at 22; leave 23
Cape Verde Islands: mentioned 12, 13
Captains, Ships: See Name of Ship
Carpenter, Sirius: See Parker, Charles
Carrots: sown 54, 92; seeds up 94; gathered 96
Cascade Bay (Norfolk Island): first seen 42; as landing place 112, 113, 145, 157, 249, 259, 341, 347; road to 243
Catamaran: built 75
Caterpillars: destroy barley crop 164, 291; destroy vegetables, pods, seeds 186; destroy wheat 234, 236, 237, 242; hatched 238; attempts to kill off 239; unsuccessful 240; new method of control 240; fails 242; grow in size 242, 244; gone 248; return and destroy vegetables 304; cause little damage 310; destroy vegetables 314
Cattle: purchased at Cape Town 21; cost of cow at Cape Town 22; list of, purchased at Cape Town 23; landed at Port Jackson 37; enclosure at Norfolk Island 173
Cauliflower: sown 54
Cavalry: at Tenerife 10, 11; at Rio de Janeoro 17
Celery: gathered 96
Chalk Cliff (Clift) — off N.S.W. South Coast: King notes 32
Charlotte Transport (Gilbert, Thomas, Commander): tonnage, crew, convicts 6; mentioned 7, 24; convicts sick on 20
Cheese: English price 376
Children on Norfolk Island: male (Norfolk) born 177; baptised 187; female born 204; baptised 289; male born 323; received from Supply 329
Chile (Chili): La Perouse sails down coast 38
China: mentioned 6
Chinese Mulberry (Mulbery) Paper: for making ropes or cloths 218
Christmas Day at Norfolk Island: observed (1788) 171; observed (1789) 321
Chronometer: See Timekeeper
Churches: St. Francisco, Tenerife 9; Church of Notre Dame de Bon Voyage, Rio de Janeiro 16
Clerke, Charles, Captain: inscription on grave replaced by La Perouse 38
Coble (at Norfolk Island): build 101, 105, 136, 137; mentioned in relation to fishing 139, passim; repaired 147; crew 161, 185, 187, 261, 283, 287, 291, 293; coxswain 244
Cobras Island (Cobres): mentioned 15, 16
Cochineal: exported from Rio de Janeiro 18
Coconuts: five planted 54
Coffee: mentioned 17
Collins, David (Judge-Advocate): to examine Port Jackson 35
Collins's Bay (Norfolk Island): mentioned 163
Commandant, Norfolk Island: See King, Philip Gidley
Commanders', Ships: See Name of Ship
Commissions: King's as 2nd Lieutenant 5; Phillip's as Captain General 5; King's as Commandant of Norfolk Island 40
Convicts: supplied with fresh beef at Rio de Janeiro 15; sick on Charlotte 20; attempted mutiny on Alexander 20; landed at Port Jackson 36; try to enlist with La Perouse 38; 9 male, 6 female to go to Norfolk Island 40; landed at Norfolk Island 46; mentioned as “people” 53 passim; second draft on Supply 205; lost in woods, return 224; steal vegetables 284; 8 women convicts in fourth draft on Supply 313; 24 landed in fifth draft in Supply 329; landed at Cascade Bay in sixth draft in Supply 339, 341. See also:
Anderson, Jonathon
Blackhall, William
Boyle, Jonathon
Branagan, John
Bryant, John
Burn, James
Coombs, Ann
Davis, James
Dring, William
Dyer, Leonard
Francis, William
Gaff, Edwin
Gamble, Mary
Holmes, Jonathon
Holmes, William
Johnson, Catherine
Jones, Jonathon
Jones, Thomas
Leary, Jeremiah
Long, Joseph
Lucas, —
MacLennan, Charles
Mariner, William
Mortimer, Noah
Pickett, Samuel
Pipkin, Elizabeth
Powers, Joseph
Robinson, Joshua
Thomspon, Jonathon
Thompson, William
Watts, Thomas — alias Watson
Williams, William
Cook, James, Captain: mentioned 8, 29, 30, 31, 32, 39, 43, 46; praised by La Perouse 40; Tahitian cloth 218; in New Zealand 357
Coombs, Ann (convict): punished for defrauding Thomas Jones of provisions 280; punished for stealing two shirts from Francis Mee 283
Corn: mentioned 17; scarce at Cape Town 20, 21; ground cleared at Norfolk Island 61; reaping 315
Corn - salad (Valeria oliteria) or Lamb's lettuce): sown 54; gathered 96
Cotton (cotten) seeds: sown 56, 106
Courcy, Hon Michael de: See De Courcy, Hon. Michael
Crab for lifting boat: making 79, 81; at Ball's Bay 168, 177
Cress, Cape and English: sown 54, 108; Cape Cress seeds up 56; English Cress seeds up 56
Cresswell Bay (Norfolk Island): mentioned 307
Cresswell, John (Lieut of Marines, Supply): lands at Norfolk Island 253; house for 267, 269; mentioned 282, 305, 307, 313, 321; requested by Ross to continue duties until King's departure 341
Cunningham, James (Master's Mate): to accompany King to Norfolk Island 40; accompanies King in circuit of Norfolk Island 43; explores Norfolk Island 44; lost in woods with King 45; returns on board Supply 99; drowned 103, 105
Curacao (Carracao): mentioned 10
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Dagelet, — (Astronomer): with La Perouse expedition 39; in charge of observatory at Botany Bay 40
Davis, James (convict): punished for “throwing the fish away contemptuously” 215
Dawes, William (2nd Lieut Sirius): to receive journal 4; mentioned 8, 13, 14, 18, 19, 23, 24, 26, 28, 29, 33, 34, 35; goes onboard Supply 25; lands at Botany Bay with Phillip 32; goes with King to visit French ships 37
Deaths: (drowned at Norfolk Island): Jonathon Jay 44; Jonathon Batchelor 87; James Cunningham 105; — Tomlinson 105; William Westbrook 105; (killed) John Bryant 269
De Courcy, Hon. Michael (Commander, Hyena): Hyena joins fleet 7
De Langle, Paul-Antoine-Marie Fleuriot: See Langle, Paul-Antoine-Marie Fleuriot de
Deptford (London): mentioned 5, 6, 7, 19
Desertas Islands or Deserter Islands (Madeira Islands): seen 8
Devils Hill (Cape Town): mentioned 21
Dewit, Petrus: contractor at Cape Town 21 See also: Kerstan, Johannes
Diamonds: at Rio de Janeiro 18
Diarrhoea on Norfolk Island: due to vegetables 326
Djakarta: See Batavia
Donovan, Stephen (Midshipman, Supply): landing party 146; house for 157; mentioned 191, 205, 317
Doubtfull Bay (New Zealand): mentioned 364
Doubtless Bay (New Zealand): mentioned 364
Doves: at Norfolk Island 46
Downs, The (Kent): mentioned 7
Dring, William (convict): punished for absenting self without leave 237; offer to board Sirius wreck 347; sets fire to Sirius wreck 347; taken into custody 347
Drownings: Norfolk Island 44, 87, 105. See also: Deaths
Duncombe Bay (Norfolk Island): named by King 43; unsuitable for settlement 44
Dutch East India Company (Cape Town): mentioned 22
Dutch Governor (Cape Town): See Van de Graaf, Monsieur
Dyer, Leonard (convict): punished for insubordination 147
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Earthquake: reference to 1736 at Tenerife 11
East India Company: mentioned 6
Eddystone (Eddistone) Rock (Van Diemen's Land): seen 29
Equator: crossed 14
Europe, H.M.S. mentioned 12
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Falkland Isles (South America): Remembrance bound to 13
Fennel: sown 54, gathered 96
Figs: at Tenerife 11
Firearms and Ordinance: supplies received 206, 207
First Fleet: at the Motherbank 7; to be accompanied by H.M.S. Hyena 7; sails 7; anchors at Tenerife 8; departs 12; anchors at Rio de Janeiro 15; departs 18; anchors in Table Bay 20; departs 23; Phillip divides fleet 25; arrives at Botany Bay 32; to move to Port Jackson 36; departs Botany Bay 36; at Sydney Cove 36. See also:
Alexander
Borrowdale
Charlotte
Fishburn
Friendship
Golden Grove
Lady Penrhyn
Prince of Wales
Scarborough
Sirius
Supply
Fish: sperm seen at sea 26; caught at Norfolk Island 50, 54, 56, 58, 66, 77–9, 82, 85, 87, 153, 157, 159, 167, 173, 187, 228–31, 223, 239, 241, 247, 251, 263, 277, 291, 299, 305, 311, 321, 326, 331, 333, 339; substituted for meat ration 157, 161; substituted for peas 159, 165; substituted for beef 163, 167, 177, 215, 217, 223, 236, 238, 263, 267, 283, 311; substituted for pork 165, 175, 187, 195, 197, 199, 201, 215, 220, 229–30, 307, 209, 313, 315, 318; hooks and line lost 223
Fishburn Store Ship (Brown, Robert, Commander): tonnage, crew 6; mentioned 7, 24
Fishing Boat at Norfolk Island: damaged 87; repairing 89, 91, 93, 97; finished 99. See also: Coble
Flax: King mistakes for Iris 44, 55; King reports he has not seen any 45, 46; at Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island 46; Capt Cook's report of 46; King cannot find 47; realises Iris is flax 55; used in building 199; thatching 201; in repairing guard house 227; preparation 233, 235; in New Zealand 365
Flour (Flower): scarce at Cape Town 20; short weight 111, 291; 56 casks by Golden Grove 137; 63 casks (of flour and peas) by Golden Grove 143; casks damaged 199, 291; small loss despite hurricane 202; 8 months' supply left 245; fresh supply 255; Christmas (1789) issue 321; English price 376
Flying Fish: aboard Supply 41; seen 42
Fort of Santa Cruz (Rio de Janeiro): salutes convoy 15; mentioned 16; salutes on convoy's leaving 18
Fowell, Newton (2nd Lieut Sirius): returns to Port Jackson aboard Supply 347
France, Isle of (Mauritius): mentioned 21; French ships (La Perouse) to return to Europe via 39
Francis, William (convict): plot to seize Norfolk Island 189, 191; forgiven 197. See also: Mortimer, Noah; Pickett, Samuel; Watts, Thomas; Webb, Robert
French Abbé: See Récéveur, Rev. Laurent
French Ships: See Astrolabe, Boussole
Friendly Islands (Tonga): visited by French ships (La Perouse) 38
Friendship Transport (Walton, Frances, Captain): tonnage, crew, convicts 6; mentioned 7; to proceed ahead of fleet 24; arrives at Botany Bay 33
Fruit: See Bananas, Coconuts, Figs, Lime trees, Mulberries, Oranges
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Gaff, Edwin (convict): punished 260
Gallions (Thames River) mentioned 7
Gamble, Mary (convict): sentenced for wounding boar but forgiven 184; punished for theft 253; term expires 267
Gannets (Gannetts): seen 26, 42
Genoa Oyl (Olive oil): English price 376
George III: toast to his health 36, 47; his birthday celebrated on Norfolk Island 85, 247, 249; coronation honoured 291
Goats: purchased at Cape Town 23; landed at Port Jackson 37; die 367, price 377
Gold: at Rio de Janeiro 18
Golden Grove Storeship (Sharp, —, Captain): tonnage, crew 6; arrives at Norfolk Island 137; mentioned 139, 141, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151; sails for Port Jackson 149
Gordon, Colonel: commanding officer of troops at Cape Town 23
Govens, Corporal: vegetables stolen from his garden 284; Jonathon Anderson (convict) punished 317
Governor of NSW: See Phillip, Arthur
Governador Island (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 17
Grampus: seen 23
Granary on Norfolk Island: to be build 129; started 133; building 135, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, 161; destroyed by hurricane 202
Grapnel: grapnel lost 76; rope lost 76, 79; buoy lost 79
Green Point (Cape Town): mentioned 20
Greenwich: mentioned 18, 28, 40, 41, 42
Grose, Francis (Major N.S.W. Corps): mentioned in King's draft letter to U/Secy Nepean 371
Grubs: destroy vegetables 66; King's method of controlling 66, destroy Indian Corn 132, 136, 284, 286, 288, 290, 294; methods of control 132, 133, 135; destroy onions 282; destroy Mr. Altree's garden 282; destroy vegetables 288, 290; destroy cabbages 294; nearly gone 302. See also Caterpillars
Guinea, Coast of (Africa): Portuguese Snow from 14
Gulls: grey, black and white seen 19; seen 26, 27
H
Hams: price 376; recipe for curing 377
Hatt Hill (Wollongong, N.S.W.): Cook noticed 30; King observes 30, 32, 349, 353
Herrings: English price 376
Hill, Francis (Master's Mate Sirius): reports fire lit in Sirius 347
Hogs: See Pigs
Holmes, Jonathon (convict): punished 295. See also Thomas Watts and Noah Mortimer.
Holmes, William (convict): punished for absence from work 257
Hopman, John Signor, of Rio de Janeiro: mentioned 17
Horses: mentioned 10; purchased at Cape Town 23; landed at Port Jackson 37
Houses: Governor's, portable 37; tents at Norfolk Island 46, 61; timber for erection 63; King's 65, 69, 77, 163, 167, 169, 172, 185, 229, 275, 277, 279, 281, 283, 285, 289, 291; storehouse 78; officers' 79, 95; shed for sawpit 81, 301, 339; surgeon's and mates 83, 87; guard house 165; sergeant of marines 201; general accommodation 207, 209, 211; surgeon's 213, 307, 321, 325, 327, 329; midshipman's 213; Commanding Officer of troops 253, 265; Lieut Cresswell's 267, 273, 275, 277, 309, 311, 315, 321, 323, 325, 327, 329, 333, 335, 337; barn 273, 287, 293, 297, 299, 301, 305, 309, 329, 331, 333, 339; sentinel box 287; new boatshed 291; carpenter's 293; hut 301; sawyers' 303; Mr. Jamison's 314; storekeeper's 323, 325; log house for settler 334–5 (see Phillimore's Valley);337
Hunter, John, Captain (2nd Captain of Sirius): mentioned 5, 13, 14, 23, 24, 33, 34, 36, 347; King mentions in journal entry re Sirius wreck 345, 347
Hurricane on Norfolk Island: described 201–203
Hyena Frigate (De Courcy, Hon. Michael, Captain): joins fleet 7; leaves fleet 7
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Indian Corn: sown 54, 90, 117, 125, 145, 155, 179, 280, 281, 287, 289, 297; seeds up 56, 92, 122, 160; destroyed by rats 61 61, 280, 282, 286; gathered 191, 219, 327, 331, 335; damaged 194, 203; salvaged 202, 205, destroyed by grubs 282; hoed up 295, 301, 303, 309; destroyed by parakeets 323, 329; processing 323, 325, 331, 333, 337
Indigo: exported from Rio de Janeiro 18
Insects: See Caterpillars, Grubs
Isle of Cobras (Cobres) — Rio de Janeiro: seen 15; mentioned 16
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Jamieson, Thomas: See Jamison, Thomas
Jamison, Thomas (Surgeon's Mate): to accompany King to Norfolk Island 40; lands at Norfolk Island 43; explores Norfolk Island 44; reports to King 44; mentioned 191, 282, 313, 314
Jay, John (Quarter Master Supply); drowns at Norfolk Island 44. See also Deaths
Jervis Bay: See Point Long Nose
Johnson, Catherine (convict) punished 285
Jones, Jonathon (convict): punished for insolence 191; term expires 267
Jones, Thomas (convict): declared a freeman 221; becomes a settler 243; mentioned 267; defrauded by Ann Coombs 280
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Kamchatka (Kamschatka): visited by French ships (La Perouse) 38
Kent English Ship: at Cape Town 23
Kerstan, Johannes: contractor at Cape Town 21. See also Dewit, Petrus
Killock: making 73, 75; lost 87; mentioned 213
King, Lieut. Philip Gidley: Lieut. Governor of Norfolk Island: instructions as to his journal 4; sympathies with sailors in pay dispute 7; announces Phillip's visit to Governor of Tenerife 9; dines with Spanish Governor 9; describes inhabitants and customs of Tenerife 9–10; praises quality of victualling at Rio de Janeiro 15; describes approach for landing at Cape Frio 16; describes court of Vice King of Rio de Janeiro 17; criticises inspectors of Sirius 19; visits Governor of Cape of Good Hope 20; describes Cape Town 21, 22; transfers to Supply 24; calculations of ship's position 28; lands at Botany Bay with Phillip 32; encounter with natives 34; explores upper part of Botany Bay with Dawes 35; to go to Norfolk Island 37; visit La Perouse with Dawes 37; boards Boussole 37; La Perouse's story 38–40; appointed Superintendent and Commandant 40; names Phillip Island 42; accompanies Lieut. Ball to find landing place on Norfolk Island 43; circumnavigates Norfolk Island with Mr. Cunningham 43; explores Norfolk Island 44; lost in woods 45; examines Sydney Bay 46; selects campsite on Norfolk Island 46, 47; takes possession of Norfolk Island 47; journal and letter given to Lieut Ball 51; commission read 51; digs cellar under house 71; discovers plantane trees 70; puts settlement on 2/3 rations 84; ½ rations if no supplies by end of month 95; inters remains of men drowned 109, 301; pier or landing place to be built in Ball's Bay 112, 113, 117, 119, 121; explores coast with Mr. Morley 124; appears to have employed clerk to write up journal 124; changes the work schedule 162; explores Phillip Island 163; resumes plan for building pier 168; orders arms instructions 174; examines North and West sides of Norfolk Island 175; notes on Norfolk Island 179; reads Articles of War and Rules and Regulations 189; calls people together 189; administers oath 190; marines and militia fire powder 199, 211; does not perform Divine Service 205; receives despatches from Supply 253; sends despatches to Supply 259; regrets loss of John Boyant, convict 268; fears parakeets will destroy wheat 302; tries to catch fish 303; Supply, rain and drought 312; 2/3 rations ordered by Phillip 312; receives letters from Supply 313; punishes William Blackhall, convict, for insolence to him 317; grants Thursday holiday 319; receives despatches from Supply 329; receives despatches from Supply (?) Sirius (?) 339; requested by Ross to continue duties until relieved 341; survey of stores 341; account of wreck of Sirius 342, 343, 345, 347; departs on Supply for Port Jackson 347; describes emergency in Port Jackson 353; order to board Supply for England with Phillip's despatches 353; letter to U/Secy Nepean explaining reasons for visit to New Zealand 371
Knives: English price 377
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La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup (Captain, Boussole): off Botany Bay 36; visited by King 37; his account of massacre at Navigators Isles 38, 39; praises Captain Cook 40; convicts try to enlist with 38; well-equipped for voyage 39
Lady Penrhyn Transport (Sever, William Cropton, Commander): tonnage, crew, convicts 6; mentioned 7, 24
Laguna City (Tenerife): visited 10, 11
Lance Point: named by King 33; mentioned 34
Langle (D'Langle), Paul-Antoine-Marie Fleuriot (Captain Astrolabe): killed at Manua, Navigators Isles 38
Le Rocquet: mentioned 9
Leary, Jeremiah (convict): runs gauntlet among convicts and punished 341
Leeks: gathered 96
Lege, Fort of (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 16
Lettuce (and Lettuce Onion): sown 52, 54, 96; seeds up 54, 56; gathered 96; salmon lettuce variety sown 108
Levingstone, J: See Livingstone, J.
Lidgbirds Island: named by Lieut. Ball 42
Lime Trees: planted at Norfolk Island 64; transplanted to plantation 85
Lions Rump (Cape Town): seen 20; mentioned 21
Lisbon (Portugal): mentioned 17
Livingstone, J: mentioned 179; spinning wheel 229
Long, John (Adjutant): mentioned 24, 33
Long, Joseph (convict): punished for absenting self from work 193; punished for “lending out shoes which he had to mend” 303
Longreach (England): mentioned 7
Lord Howe Island: discovered by Lieut Ball 41, 42; mentioned by King 349
Lucas, — (member of working gang): time expires 10 Dec 1789, 311
Lyons Rump: See Lions Rump
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Macao: visited by French Ships (La Perouse) 38
MacLennan (MacLennand), Charles (convict): punished for theft of rum 69; for insubordination 75; for stealing eggs 104
Madeira: visited by La Perouse 38
Maio Isle (Cape Verde Is.): seen 12, mentioned 14
Malt: English price 376
Manua (Maouna) Island (Samoa): loss of Captain D'Langle at 38
Maoris: calculation of time 357; vocabulary noted by King 357–365; sneezing custom 359; beliefs of after-death 363–4; cannibalism 363; suicide 363; Tooké's chart 363–4; chiefs 364–8; fortification (hippah) 365–6; trading 365; King's gifts 366–7. See also Tooké, Woodoo
Maple: tree resembles 44
Maple sap: blinds men 193
Mariner, William (convict): his flour stolen 213
Marioram: sown 54
Marquis de Brance Forte (Spanish Governor of Canary Islands): visits Sirius 9
Marrow: sown 164, 251
Martinniere de la: botanist with French (La Perouse) expedition 39
Mauritius: See France, Isle of
May, Isle: See Maio, Isle
Maya Island (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 16
Meat: fish substituted for 157, 161
Medicinal Drugs: at Rio de Janeiro 18
Mee, Francis (marine): his shirts stolen by Ann Coombs 283
Mewstone (Van Diemen's Land): seen 29
Militia at Cape Town: described 21, 22
Molucca (Indonesia): French ships (La Perouse) to return to Europe via 39
Monks: Franciscans and Dominicans at Tenerife 10
Morley, Roger: to accompany King to Norfolk Island 40; examines Ball's Bay with King 112; sent by King to make pier 117, 122; coastal exploration with King 124; helps to build granary 129; house for 249
Mortimer, Noah (convict): plot to seize Norfolk Island 189; discharged 191. See also: William Francis, Samuel Pickett, Thomas Watts, Robert Webb.
Punished for refusing to work 223; punished for “loitering and idling” 295. See also: Thomas Watts, Jonathon Holmes
Mother Bank (Isle of Wight): mentioned 7
Mother Carey's Chickens: seen 26
Mother Carey's Goose: seen 26
Mount George (Norfolk Island): mentioned 259, 263, 265, 267, 268, 269, 271, 279, 280
Mount Gower (Lord Howe Island): mentioned 349
Mount Pitt (Norfolk Island): named by King 45; mentioned 341
Mulberries: at Tenerife 11
Mules: at Tenerife 10, 11
Mummies: at Tenerife 11
Mustard: sown 54, 108; seeds up 56; price 376
Mutiny: attempt Charlotte 20
Mutton: supplied at Rio de Janeiro 15; cost of at Cape Town 22
Mutton Bird: “so very tame … knocked down with sticks” 46
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Navigators Isles, Samoa (Isles De Navigateurs): La Perouse's account of tragedy at 38, 39; description of natives 39
Needles, The (Solent, England): mentioned 7
Nepean, Evan: King's letter explaining visit to New Zealand 371
Nepean, Nicholas, Captain: mentioned in King's draft letter to U/Secy Nepean 371
Nepean's Isle (Norfolk Island): mentioned 43, 99, 101, 144, 159, 163, 200, 257; King circum-navigates 83; King investigates 161; pines on 161; no fresh water 161
New Ireland (Papua New Guinea): French ships (La Perouse) to return to Europe via 39
New South Wales: mentioned 5,7; list of stock for 23
New Year's Day at Norfolk Island: observed (1789) 175; (1790) 323
New Zealand: flax at 46. See also: Maoris
Norfolk Island: landed 2; King to be sent to 37; visited by La Perouse 38; King leaves for 40; in sight 42; attempted landings 42, 43; settlement at 46, 47
Norfolk (King's first son): born at Norfolk Island 8 January 1789, 177; baptised 18 January 1789, 187
Norfolk Pines: described 44; mentioned 81; on Nepean Island 161; uprooted in hurricane 201–03; sow and litter killed 201; danger to houses 225; being barked to prevent worm 251
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Oak trees on Norfolk Island: 202
Oats on Norfolk Island: 1 peck sown 119, 125; transplanted 124
Observatory: French, at Botany Bay 40
Onions: at Tenerife 11, sown 52, 54, 56; damaged by wind 61; Deptford - sown 106, 108; Strasburg - sown 106, 108; W. Spanish - sown 106, 108; destroyed by grubs 282
Oranges: supplied at Rio de Janeiro 15
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Parakeets (Perroquets): at Norfolk Island 46; plague of 302; destroy wheat 308, 314; destroy Indian corn 323, 329
Parker, —, (midshipman on Supply): gives Phillip's despatches to King 99
Parker, Charles (Sirius carpenter): mentioned 19; building his house 121; finished 125
Parroquets (Perroquets): See Parakeets
Parrots: at Norfolk Island 46; at Phillip Island 163
Parsley: sown 52, 54; gathered 96
Parsnips: sown 54
Pay, sailors': disputes over withheld wages 7
Paya Island (Rio de Janeiro) mentioned 16
Peas: provision peas, 2 quarts sown 96; destroyed by rats 100; sown 106, 117, 119, 164, 251; pods appear 164; Indian corn substituted for 337; rice substituted for 337
Penguin Island (Cape of Good Hope): mentioned 23
Perroquets: See Parakeets
Petrels (Peterals) (Petterels): brown and black seen 19; about the ship 25, 26, 27, 29, 42
Phillimore's Valley (Norfolk Island): house built for settler 334
Phillip, Arthur (Governor): to receive journal 4; mentioned 5, 7, 9, 13, 18, 21, 35, 38, 39; meets Vice King of Rio de Janeiro 15; meets Governor of Cape Town 20; divides fleet 24; transfers to Supply 25; lands at Botany Bay 32; meets natives 34; leaves for Port Jackson 36; sends King to Norfolk Island 37; toast to his health 47; meets King on return from Norfolk Island 353; reduces rations at Port Jackson 353
Phillip Isle (Phillip's Isle): named by King 42; mentioned 45, 99, 107, 321, 333, 339; King explores 163; pine trees and “reed” 163; parrots and pigeons 163
Phillipines: visited by French ships 38
Pickett, Samuel (convict): plot to seize Norfolk Island 189, 191; forgiven 197. See also: William Francis, Noah Mortimer, Thomas Watts, Robert Webb
Pigeons at Norfolk Island: at Phillip Isle 163
Pigs: landed at Port Jackson 37; pen for (at Norfolk Island) 57, 73, 75; sow dies 73; boar and sow from Supply 101; boar wounded by Mary Gamble 184; sow and litter killed by falling tree 201; boar injured by falling tree 205; killed and eaten 205; sow stabbed by “hardened miscreants” 217; sow poisoned 291; boar killed 247, 272; substituted for salted pork 247; King's “familys allowance” 272; boar killed and substituted for salted meat 311; 2 hogs killed for Christmas 321; sow killed by convicts 326; price 377
Pines: See Norfolk Pines
Pintado Birds (Cape Pigeons): seen 19; mentioned 26
Pipkin, Elizabeth (convict): punished 237
Plank sawn for Port Jackson: mentioned 97, 99, 139, 141, 145, 147, 149, 209
Plantain (Plantane) Trees: King discovers 70; suckers transplanted to plantation 85; damaged by wind 122
Plot Hill (Norfolk Island): wheat 271; parakeets destroy wheat at 308
Plymouth (England) mentioned 7
Point Howe (Norfolk Island): attempted landing at 42; mentioned 43, 44
Point Hunter (Norfolk Island): mentioned 83, 159, 163, 257
Point King (Lord Howe Island): mentioned 349
Point Long Nose (Jervis Bay): seen 31, 349
Point Ross (Norfolk Island): mentioned 42, 99, 101, 139; attempted landing at 43
Point Solander (Botany Bay): abreast of 32; mentioned 33, 36
Point Sutherland (Botany Bay): mentioned 32, 33
Pork: double allowance 171; in lieu of salt pork 205; price 376
Port: English price 376
Port Jackson: examined by Phillip 35; possession taken of 36; settlement to be at 36; mentioned 38, 40, 51, 97, 99, 107, 109, 139, 141, 145, 149, 207, 209, 313, 347, 353
Port Kembla: See Red Point
Port Praia (Port Praya) Cape Verde Islands: seen 12; mentioned 13
Port Stephens: mentioned 24
Porter: English price 377
Porto Santo (Sancto) Madeira Is.): mentioned 8
Portuguese Brig: seen 13
Portuguese Snow: seen 14
Potatoes: cost of at Cape Town 22; sown 52, 54, 289, 297; appearing 56; King forced to sow quickly 224; damaged by southerly 262; yield 291; ¾ acre sown 305; running to stalk 308
Poultry: dear at Tenerife 11; supplied at Rio de Janeiro 15; cost of at Cape Town 22; purchased at Cape Town 23; landed at Port Jackson 37; turkey hen killed accidentally 79; pens being made 131, 187, 311, 339
Powers, Joseph (convict): escapes from Alexander 11; recaptured 12
Prince of Wales: health toasted 36, 47; birthday honoured 109, 275
Prince of Wales Transport (Mason, John, Captain): tonnage, crew, convicts 6; mentioned 7, 24
Provisions: per Golden Grove 137, 139; 2 years' supply 146
Pumice Stone: large pieces at Norfolk Island 46
Pumpkins: at Tenerife 11
Purslane (Purslain): gathered 96
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Quail at Norfolk Island: attack barley crop 164
Quails, Isle of: See Porto Praia
Queen of England (Charlotte): health toasted 36, 47; birthday celebrated 327
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Radishes: seeds up 54; sown 58; “BS” radish sown 58; short-top variety sown 108
Rasa, Island (Raz) Rio de Janeiro: anchored at 15; mentioned 16
Rats on Norfolk Island: eat Indian corn 61, 280, 282, 286; destroy wheat and barley 66; King's method of killing 66; caught 71, 73; in cask of flour 111; destroy barley 136, 164
Raven, W. (Britannia Captain): conveys King to New Zealand see appendix; King notes English prices supplied by 372; recipe for curing hams 373
Récéveur, Rev. Laurent (Abbé): with La Perouse expedition 39; died and interred at Botany Bay 40
Red Point (Port Kembla): seen 30
Redonda Island (Rodondo) Rio de Janeiro: mentioned 15, 16
Regiments — Portuguese at Rio de Janeiro: Braganza, Estramodo, Moira 17; Cape of Good Hope: Gordon, Wurtemburg 22, 23
Remembrance English sloop: on passage to Falkland Isles 13
Rhubarb: sown 54
Rice: exported from Rio de Janeiro 18; ground prepared 135; 3 pecks sown 281; served in lieu of peas 337
Rio de Janeiro (South America): Portuguese Snow bound for 14; arrive at 15; population 17; sail from 18; mentioned 26
Robbin Island (Cape Town): mentioned 20
Robinson, James: missing 185; found 185
Robinson, Joshua (convict): punished for “absenting … with a bad intention” 195. See also Thomas Watts
Rock Cod: carries away hooks and lines 222
Rock Weed: seen 27, 29
Rodondo: See Redonda Island
Rope: from bark of tree 218. See Chinese Mulberry paper
Ross, Robert (Lieut Governor NSW): mentioned 33; arrives at Norfolk Island to replace King 342; assembles officers and marines of Sirius 343; King mentions in journal entry on Sirius wreck 343, 345, 347; permits John Branagan and William Dring (convicts) to board Sirius wreck 347
Rum: exported from Rio de Janeiro 18; from Golden Grove 143; allowance on Christmas day (1788) 171; allowance on New Year's day (1789) 175; allowance on the King's birthday 247; English price 376
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St. Ann Island (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 16
St. Helena Bay: mentioned 23
St. Jago (Cape Verde Is.): mentioned 12; seen 12
St. Pauls Island: mentioned 27
Sal, Isle of (Cape Verde Islands): seen 12
Salvages Islands: See Selvagens Islands
Samoa: See Navigator's Isles
Sandwich Islands: visited by French ships (La Perouse) 38
Santa Catherina: visited by La Perouse 38
Santa Cruz (Canary Islands): anchor off 8; described 9, 10; mentioned 11; leave 12
Santa Cruz Fort (Rio de Janeiro): mentioned 15, 16, 18
Scarborough Transport (Marshall, John, Captain): tonnage, crew, convicts 6; mentioned 7; to proceed ahead of fleet 24; arrives at Botany Bay 33
Scissors: English price 377
Sea Fowl: various seen 42
Seed: 2 casks by Golden Grove 143
Seine (fishing boat) at Norfolk Island: mentioned 171
Selvagens Islands (Madeira Islands) mentioned 8
Shallot (Shallott): sown 54
Sharks: thresher attacks whale 27, 126; part of fish catch 159; carry away hooks and lines 222
Sheep: cost of at Cape Town 22, 23; landed at Port Jackson 37; killed by lightning 37; ewe dies 53, 67; pen for 57
Sherry: English price 377
Shortland, Lieut. John (Navy Agent): mentioned 6, 24
Sickness: aboard Charlotte 20; number of sick at Cape town 21; diarrhoea due to vegetables 326
Signals (maritime): 8, 12, 13, 20, 24
Sirius HMS (First Fleet Flagship): described 5; mentioned 7, 9, 15, 18, 24, 25, 35, 40; crosses equator 14; history of 19; timbers rotted 19; at Table Bay 20; mutineers brought onboard 20; arrives at Botany Bay 33; anchors at Sydney Cove 36; at Norfolk Island 339 unloads baggage 341; wrecked 342–3, 347
Smiths Ground at Norfolk Island: begun 330
Soap: English price 376
Sorrel: found on Norfolk Island 43, sown 54
South Cape (Van Diemen's Land): seen 29
South Wind: southerly noted by King 227; southerlies damage potatoes 262
Spinach (Spinnage) (Spinnach): sown 52, 108; seeds up 56; mountain spinach sown 96; round and prickly variety sown 108
Spirits: mentioned 17
Spithead (England): sailed from 2
Start Point (England): mentioned 7
Stingray at Norfolk Island: caught 165
Stockade (Stoccade): building 325, 327, 329, 337, 339. See also Barracks
Storehouse at Norfolk Island: begun 57; delay 59; completed 61; (2nd) building 221, 223, 231, 235, 241, 245; cellar 225; completed 243; mentioned 245
Storeships: See Borrowdale, Fishburn, Golden Grove
Sugar: from Rio de Janeiro 18; English price 376
Sugar Cane: planted 56; damaged by hurricane 202, transplanted 219
Sugar Loaf Mountain (Rio de Janeiro): seen 15, mentioned 16
Sugar Loaf (Cape Town): mentioned 21
Supply (Ball, Henry Lidgbird, Lieut.): described 5; mentioned 7, 8, 15, 20, 35, 37, 45, 259, 313, 347; to proceed ahead of Fleet 24; King goes aboard 25; marines and convicts board 36; equips and sails for Norfolk Island 40; anchored in Duncombe Bay 44; Quartermaster Jay drowns 44; brings supplies to Norfolk Island 99, 101, 111; landing boats too dangerous 103; successful landing 105; leaves Norfolk Island 106; brought Cape wheat 109; (2nd visit) supplies 205, 207, 209; (3rd visit) supplies 253, 255; carpenter to build boat for Norfolk Island 255, 259; sails for Port Jackson 259, 313, 331; (4th visit) supplies 313; (5th visit) supplies 329, 331; (6th visit) accompanied by Sirius 339; supplies 341, 343
Sydney (Sidney) Bay (Norfolk Island): King and Ball examine break in reef 46; landing at 46; named by King 46; mentioned 107, 113, 118, 163
Sydney Cove, Port Jackson: settled 2; fleet arrives at 36
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Table Bay (Cape Town): anchored in 20; mentioned 21
Table Hill (Cape Town): mentioned 21
Table Mountain (Cape Town): mentioned 21
Tahiti (Otaheite): bark for cloth 218
Tank Stream, Sydney: “a small rivulet” 36
Tea: cargo from China 6; English price 376
Tenerife (Teneriffe) (Canary Islands): anchor at 8; industries 9, 10; mentioned 9; people, customs, country described 9, 10, 11; visited by La Perouse 38
Terr-a-witte (N.Z. district): 364–366
Thompson, Jonathon (convict): punished 189
Thompson, William (convict): punished for stealing Indian corn 193
Thyme: sown 54
Timekeeper (chronometer): mentioned 8 passim; described aboard French ships 39
Tomlinson, —, (seaman on Supply): drowned 105. Also see James Cunningham, William Westbrook, William Williams
Tongues: English price 376
Tooké: 357, 363–8
Topaz: at Rio de Janeiro 18
Transports: See Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, Scarborough
Trincomali, Sri Lanka (Trincomalay): mentioned 17
Tripe: English price 376
Tropical Birds: seen 42, 349
Tull, Jethro (1674–1741): book mentioned 245
Turnips: sown 52, 92, 96; seeds up 54, 94; gathered 96; destroyed by hurricane 202; harrowing seed 335
Turtle: seen 30, 124; at Norfolk Island 44, 50–54, 62, 64, 121–2, 137, 140, 150, 307; John Jay drowns attempting to catch 44
Turtle Bay (Norfolk Island): mentioned 325
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Van de Graaf, Monsieur (Dutch Governor of Cape Town): meets Phillip and King 20; mentioned 21
Van Diemen's Land: seen 29
Vegetables: King's list 52, 54, 56, 58; destruction of, at Norfolk Island 63; growing again 192; method for preventing grubs 240; thriving 262; caterpillars destroy 304, 314. See also: Beans, Beets, Broccoli, Cabbages, Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Corn-salad, Cress, Fennel, French beans, Garden beans, Indian corn, Leeks, Marjoram, Mustard, Onions, Parsley, Parsnips, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Purslane, Radishes, Rhubarb, Shallots, Sorrel, Spinach, Thyme, Yams
Vasconcelos, Luis de (Viceroy of Brazil): meets Governor Phillip 15; his court described 17, farewelled 18
Victualling, cost of: 337
Vinegar: English prices 376
Vines: expected at Norfolk Island 241
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Wangaroa (N.Z. district): 364, 366
Water: allowance 23
Waterhouse, Henry (3rd Lieut Sirius): gives Phillip's despatches to King 99; takes King's despatches to Phillip 107; returns to Port Jackson on Supply 347
Watson, Thomas: See Watts, Thomas
Watts, Thomas (alias Watson): punished for disobedience 187; plot to seize Norfolk Island 189 (see also: Robert Webb, William Francis, Samuel Pickett, Noah Mortimer); tried, to be sent to Port Jackson 213; examined 237; forgiven 249; punished for “absenting … with a bad intention” 195 (see also: Joshua Robinson); punished for stealing flour 213; punished for “loitering and idling” 295 (see also: Noah Mortimer, Jonathon Holmes)
Webb, Robert (Gardener on Norfolk Island): informs King of plan to seize Norfolk Island 189; settles on Norfolk Island 306
Webb, Thomas: accompanies Mr. Altree to Ball Bay 169
Weevils: in wheat 217
Westbrook, William: drowned 105 see also: James Cunningham, — Tomlinson, William Williams
Whale oil: onboard Kent 23
Whales: Kent in search of 23; seen 23, 25; in combat with thresher shark 27, 126
Wheat at Norfolk Island: sown 62, 63, 79, 80, 84, 86, 88, 108, 109, 219, 221, 225, 245, 251, 256, 257, 262, 271, 288; seeds up 86, 114, 248, 249, 262; yield 92, 171, 173, 175, 166, 271, 277, 310, 313, 314; threshing 175, 177, 185, 315, 317, 318, 321, 327, 329, 331, 335, 337; roller for 229, 235; destroyed by caterpillar 234, 236, 237, 240, 242, 248; attempts to save 235, little remaining 236, 244; destroyed by southerlies 280; ripening 302, 310, 314; blown down 306; storage 315, 335; wet weather 316; English price 376
White lead: English price 376
Williams, James (marine): shirt stolen 237
Williams, John (marine): confined for quarrelling 231; punished 231, 233
Williams, William (convict): drowned 105; interred 109 see also: James Cunningham, — Tomlinson, William Westbrook
Williamson, Jonathon (marine): makes fish hooks 223; works forge 276
Wine: at Tenerife 11; at Cape Town 21; in celebration of the King's birthday 247
Wollongong: See Hatt Hill
Woodoo: 364–8
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Yams: sown 52; not destroyed by grubs 66; thriving 68