Reading Room at State Library of New South Wales
Books displayed for a meeting. Just a sample of a range of books on subjects related to the First Fleet and colonial days.
ARTHUR PHILLIP CHAPTER LIBRARY & CATALOGUE
Public and private libraries are very important to the furthering of historical matters and the recording of family history.
Our Chapter library contains a wide variety of history-based books, some periodicals and DVDs. It continues to grow with donations and occasional purchases. At each meeting, the Co-Librarians displays a selection of literature on First Fleet and Australian History for members to borrow.
Scroll down for the Chapter Catalogue - most of these books are available for loan to Chapter members under an easy-to-borrow system. Contact the Chapter Secretary for more information email: [email protected]
Suggested reading list – a starting point
About Arthur Phillip:
- Michael Pembroke, Sailor, Mercenary, Governor, Spy – Arthur Phillip
- M. Barnard Eldershaw, Phillip of Australia – Account of the Settlement of Sydney Cove 1938
- Kieza, Grantlee: Banks / Kieza, Grantlee Sydney, N.S.W.: ABC Books an import of HarperCollins 2020
- Rob Mundle, The First Fleet: Covers the 252 days of the journey from Portsmouth to Sydney
- Alan Frost, The First Fleet - The Real Story: Examines the meticulous planning behind this challenging voyage
- Johnathon King, The Convict Journey that founded Australia 1787-1788
- Don Chapman, The People of the First Fleet
- Tim Flannery, Watkin Tench
- John Cobley, Crimes of the First Fleet Convicts
Research & more:
- John Cobley, Sydney Cove 1788 - Diary 18th January to 30th December 1788;
- Michael Flynn, The Second Fleet
- Andrew Tink, The Third Fleet Convicts
- Mollie Gillen, Founders of Australia – A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet
- Andrew Tink, Lord Sydney – Life and Times of Tommy Townshend
- M.H. Ellis, Lachlan Macquarie – His Life, Adventures and Times
- Visit the website of the Fellowship of First Fleeters for digital downloads: http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/
- Visit the Fellowship of First Fleeters for their Library Catalogue: http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/library.html
* Visit your local library - either their website or in person - check out their Catalogue for a list of titles that relate to the subject matter that you are researching.
© Arthur Phillip Chapter of Fellowship of First Fleeters 2023 -
Main image: Courtesy of Mitchell Library special collections area. https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/
Inset: Courtesy of APC member
LIBRARY CATALOGUE:
(PART 1) LIBRARY CATALOGUE, immediately below
followed by:
(PART 2) Subject Headings List - to assist locating books with related subject matter.
Arthur Phillip the voyage to Botany Bay [facsimile] / account of the
establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island ... from the
journals of Lt. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Captain Marshall 1982.
1788/ Watkin Tench
Edited by Tim Flannery. Melbourne: Text Publishing 2009
The Age of Macquarie / edited by James
Brordbent and Joy Hughes.
Publisher: Carlton, Vic. ; Melbourne University Press in association with Historic Houses Trust of New South
Wales, 1992 Australian convict sites: world heritage nomination / Department of the
Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts. c2008
Alexander, Alison Corruption and skulduggery: Edward Lord, Maria Risley and
Hobart's tempestuous beginnings / Alexander, Alison, 1949,
author: Dynnyrne, Tas: Pillinger Press, 2015
Barnard Eldershaw, M Phillip of Australia: account of the settlement of Sydney Cove, 1788-92.
London: Sydney: Harrap, 1938
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1977
Baxter, Carol Breaking the bank: an extraordinary colonial robbery 1828.
Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2008
Baxter, Carol An irresistible temptation : the true story of Jane New and a colonial
scandal. / Carol Baxter. Baxter Carol (Carol U.) : 2006
Beasley, A. W. Fellowship of 3: the lives and association of John Hunter 1728-1793 the surgeon James Cook …….Joseph Banks.
Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1993
Berzins, Baiba Beata The coming of the strangers: life in Australia 1788-1822.
[Sydney]: Collins Australia/State Library of New South Wales, 1988
Bishop, Catherine Minding her own business: colonial businesswomen in Sydney / Catherine
Bishop, author: Sydney : New South Publishing, 2015
Bligh, William The Bligh notebook: "rough account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's 1789 voyages
in the Bounty's launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor 28
April to 14 June 1789 with a draft list of the Bounty mutineers. / edited by
John Bach. Bligh, William, Fascim. ed.:1986? 1987?
Bligh, William The mutiny on board H.M.S. Bounty, 1789. Bligh, William, 1754-1817. : 1981
Burnet, Ian The Tasman map: a biography of a map : Abel Tasman, the Dutch East India
Company and the first Dutch discovery of Australia / Ian Burnet.
Burnet, Ian, author. Dural, NSW: Rosenburg Publishing, 2019
Cameron-Ash, Margaret Lying for the Admiralty : Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage /
Margaret-Cameron Ash; foreword by John Howard.
Cameron-Ash, Margaret. author.: Kenthurst, NSW: Rosenburg
Publishing, 2018
Celebrating Arthur Phillip : founder of modern Australia – an unsung New Forest hero /
Lyndhurst Parish Council and New Forest Centenary Trust.
Lyndhurst Parish Council : Lyndhurst, England and New Forest Centre Ninth Centenary Trust, 2015 (Donated by Denis Smith)
Chapman, Don 1788 the people of the first fleet.
North Ryde, NSW: Cassell Australia, 1981
Clark, C. M. H. A History of Australia. Volume 1
Earliest times to the age of Macquarie.
Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1962
Clark, Ralph The journal and letters of Lt. Ralph Clark, 1787-1792. /
edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan. Clark, Ralph, 1755-1794. : 1981
[Reference copy only]
Cobley, John Sydney Cove, 1788: in the words of Australia’s first settlers: the true story of
a nation’s birth. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1987.
Crimes of the First Fleet convicts/ compiled and with a preface by John
Cobley. London, Sydney: Angus & Robertson,1982, c1970
Colwell, Max The Voyages of Matthew Flinders / Max Colwell. Colwell, Max.: 1970
Cook, Kerrin The railway came to Ku-ring-gai: a pictorial history of Ku-ring-gai
municipality, showing the changes and development over the last 100
years. Pymble, NSW: Gerlin Investments, 1991
Cowell Joyce and Best, Roderick Where first fleeters lie / compiled from the records of the Fellowship
of the First Fleeters. Joyce Cowell and Roderick Best. Cowell,
Joyce C.: Sydney: Fellowhip of the First Fleeters, 1999
Crowley, Michael The Stony ground: the remembered life of convict James Ruse.
Crowley, Michael, author : Hook : Waterside Press, 2018
Dalkin, R. Dixon Colonial era cemetery of Norfolk Island.
Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1974, 1981, 1985
De Moore, Greg Tom Wills: first wild man of Australian sport. De Moore, Greg : 2008
Dunn, Judith Colonial ladies, lovely, lively and lamentably loose : crime reports from
the Sydney Herald, relating to the Female Factory, Parramatta, 1832-1835 /
Judith Dunn. Dunn, Judith : 2008
Ellis, M. H. Lachlan Macquarie, his life, adventures and times.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 2010 (The classic biography of Lachlan
Macquarie, with a new introduction by Beverly Kingston.)
The Emancipist: an historical drama in three acts / by John Macquarie Antill
& his daughter Rose Antill de Warren. Antill, John Macquarie, 1866-1936
The First Fleeters: a comprehensive listing of convicts, marines, seamen,
officers, wives, children, and ships/edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan;
with additional research by Joyce Cowell. Sydney:
Australian Documents Library, 1981
Exploration and endeavour: the Royal Society of London and the South
Seas / [principal curator Michelle Hetherington]
Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press, 2010
Flinders, Matthew An autobiographical tribute to the memory of Trim / by Matthew Flinders;
illustrated by Annette Macarthur-Onslow. Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.:
1997
The Florilegium of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771:
[catalogue]/compiled by Hank Ebes
Melbourne: Ebes Douwma and Sothebys
Australia, 1988. (A complete visual reference to the entire collection of
engravings from the original Banksian copperplates)
Flower, Cedric The Antipodes observed: artists of Australia, 1788-1850 / Flower, Cedric,
1920-2000. : 1983, c 1974 1975
Flynn, Michael The Second Fleet: Britain’s grim convict armada of 1790.
Sydney, N.S.W.: Library of Australian History, 1993
Gillen, Mollie The founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet/
Mollie Gillen, with appendices by Yvonne Browning, Michael Flynn, Mollie
Gillen. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989
Gordon, Harry Bi-centennial : an Australian mosaic and 1788 diary. / by Harry Gordon
Gordon, Harry, 1925-2015. : 1988
Green, Nicole Forrest and Pons, Ann Laperouse: sailing through the Enlightenment. Pons, Ann and Green,
Nicole Forrest, 202?
Hall, Annegret In for the long haul: first fleet voyage and colonial Australia: the convicts
perspective.: Hall, Annegret, 2018
Hawkey, Arthur Bligh's other mutiny [by] Arthur Hawkey
Hawkey, Arthur.: 1975
Hill, David 1788: the brutal truth of the First Fleet: the biggest single migration the
world has ever seen. North Sydney, N.S.W.: William Heinemann, 2008
Hillier, R. S. The Norfolk Island book. / by Hillier, R. S. 1921- (Rita Stranger),: 3rd ed. :
Norfolk Island : Anson Publications, 1984
Holden, Robert Orphans of history : the forgotten children of the First Fleet. /
Robert Holden. Holden, Robert, 2000
Hughes, Thea Stanley Arthur Phillip / Thea Stanley Hughes, Cabarita, N.S.W.:
Movement Publications, 1976
Kenneally, Thomas Australian origins to Eureka. Volume 1.
Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2009
Kieza, Grantlee Banks / Kieza, Grantlee Sydney, N.S.W.:
ABC Books an import of HarperCollins 2020
King, Jonathan Australia’s First Fleet: the convict voyage that founded Australia 1787-1788.
South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1982
King, Jonathan The return of the First Fleet / by Jonathan King.
King, Jonathan, 1942-: Official souvenir ed. : c1987
King, Jonathan The voyage and re-enactment 1788-1988.
Sydney: Fairfax/Robertsbridge, 1987
King, Jonathon Sailing home / [Jonathan King] King, Johnathon, 1942- Waterloo, N.S.W. :
Fairfax Newspapers, c1987
King, Philip Gidley The journal of Philip Gidley King : Lieutenant, R.N., 1787-1790 / edited by
Paul G. Fidlon and R.J. Ryan
King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808. : 1980. [Reference copy only]
Kotlowski, Elizabeth Rogers Stories of Australia’s Christian heritage: explorers, colonial times, pioneers,
statesmen. Sydney: Strand Publishing, c2006
McDermott, Lynette F. Of angels and eagles: book one of the Garth trilogy.
McDermott, Lynette: 2016
McDermott, Lynette F. Perseverence: book two of the Garth trilogy.
McDermott, Lynette: 2017
McDermott, Lynette F. The Promise of tomorrow: book three of the Garth trilogy.
McDermott, Lynette: 2018
Morris, Colleen Lost gardens of Sydney.
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, c2008.
Mundle, Rob Flinders: the man who mapped Australia.
Sydney, NSW: Hachette, 2012
The First Fleet / Robert Mundle.
Mundle, Rob, author.: 2014
Muster and lists, New.South.Wales and Norfolk Island 1800-1802 /
edited by Carol J. Baxter
Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island 1805-1806 / edited by
Carol J. Baxter: Sydney: ABGR in association with the Society of Australian
Genealogists, 1989 Australian Biographical and Genealogical
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789-1989: an international exhibition to mark the
200th anniversary. London: Manorial Research PLC, 1989
Oakes, G. S. Pioneers of Bathurst-Kelso, N.S.W.; and Bush memories of the west of New
South Wales / by the Venerable Archdeacon G.S. Oakes.
Oakes, G.S. 1855-1942. (George Spencer),: 1978
Oxley, Deborah Convict maids: the forced migration of women to Australia.
Cambridge, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996
Pembroke, Michael Arthur Phillip: sailor, mercenary, governor, spy. /Michael Pembroke.
Pembroke, Michael Andrew 1955-:2014
Pullen, Kathleen J. Mary Reiby: the woman on the $20 note.
Sydney, NSW: New Holland Publishers (Australia), 2011
Purnell, K The story of John Nichols first fleeter and five generations of his family /
K. Purnell [et al] Bega, NSW: John Nichols Family Society, 1988
Reinits, Rex and Reinits, Thea The Voyages of Captain Cook / [by] REX & Thea Reinits.
Reinits, Rex.: 1976
Retter, Catherine Letters to Ann: the love letters of Matthew Flinders and Anne Chappelle /
Retter, Catherine: 2001
A Short history of the military forces Sydney in NSW 1790-1900.
[Sydney]: reprinted by the Victoria Barracks Museum Society, 1977.
(Prepared in 1953 by direction of the general officer commanding eastern
command now Lietuenant General Sir Frank Berryman KCVO CD CBE DSO
Rey, Jo Ann The Sarsparilla souvenir / Jo Ann Rey.: Philadeophia, P.A. United States:
Xlibris Corporation, 2005
Sampson, Helen Over the horizon: the Polynesian settlement of Norfolk Island.
Norfolk Island, N.S.W.: Helen Sampson, 2005
A Short history of the military forces
Sydney in NSW 1790-1900. [Sydney]: reprinted by the Victoria Barracks
Museum Society, 1977.
(Prepared in 1953 by direction of the general officer commanding eastern command now
Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman KCVO CD CBE DSO)
Simpson, Bruce In Leichardt’s footsteps: an investigation into one of Australia’s most
enduring mysteries. Sydney: ABC Books, 2007
Smith, Babette Australia’s birth stain: the startling legacy of the convict era.
Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2008, 2009
Smith, Babette A cargo of women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of
the Princess Royal. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2008.
2nd edition
Smyth, Arthur Bowes The journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth: surgeon Lady Penrhyn
1787-1789/Edited by Paul G Fidlon and R. j. Ryan.
Sydney: Australian Documents Library, 1979
Tink, Andrew Lord Sydney: the life and times of Tommy Townsend.
North Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2011
The Third Fleet convicts: an alphabetical listing giving names,
place and date of conviction, length of sentence and ship
of transportation/ [edited by] R. J. Ryan.
Cammeray, [N.S.W.]: Horwitz Grahame, 1983, c1981
Under the canopy : a centenary history of Ku-ring-gai Council /
Pauline Curby and Virginnia MacLeod. Curby, Pauline. : Gordon, N.S.W. :
Ku-ring-gai Council, c2006
Weir, Winifred Isabella / Weir, Winifred, 1930-2000
Wilcox, Graham From convicts to constitution: the story of an Australian family /
Graham Wilcox
Withington, Ron Despatched downunder: tracing the resting place of the First Fleeters /
Ron Withington. Withington, Ron, author.
Woolloomooloo, N.S.W.: the Fellowship of the First Fleeters, 2013
Wyatt, D. M. A lion in the colony: an historical outline
of the Tasmanian Colonial Volunteer Military Forces, 1859-1901/ by
D.M. Wyatt. Wyatt, Douglas Morris, 1946- :c1990
Yarwood, A. T. Samuel Marsden: the great survivor.
Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1977
Pamphlets
Arthur Phillip Chapter of the Fellowship of the First Fleeters:
folder of information
Australian flags.
Barton, ACT: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, c2006
Australian symbols.
Barton, ACT: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, c2000
Cook’s cottage.
Melbourne: Joint Management Committee, Cooks Cottage, 1986
Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta: a history and a guide.
Glebe, N.S.W.: Historic Houses Trust, 1995
First Fleeters: Journal of the pioneer families of Australia.
The official Journal of the Fellowship of the First Fleet. Volume 11, Number 1,
September, 1971. (Donated by Denis Smith)
From quarantine to Q Station : honouring the past, securing the future /
[Jennifer Cornwall and Simon McArthur]
Cornwall, Jennifer. : 2008
Hyde Park Barracks.
Glebe, N.S.W.: Historic Houses Trust, c1994
Old Sydney Town : the largest heritage Park in N.S.W. Australia. Recreating the Birth of a Nation, 19788-1810 [photographs]
(Donated by Denis Smith)
The First Fleet Australia’s heritage in stamps.
Melbourne: Australia Post,
The First settlement Norfolk Island, 1788-1814. Norfolk Island Museum
McLeod, Judith James Weavers: the voyage of HMS Guardian. / a talk given by
Judith McLeod to the Arthur Phillip Chapter, of the Fellowship of the
First Fleeters, May 2016
Society of Genealogists A list of resources for research (a printout from their website).
[Reference copy only]
This great colonial undertaking: the story of AustraIia’s first bank.
[Sydney]: Westpac Banking Corporation, 1992
DVD’s Arthur Phillip governor sailor spy: a journey in the footsteps of Australia’s
remarkable founding governor.
Sydney, NSW: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 2015
The floating brothel: the extraordinary tale of the Lady Juliana and
the unlikely founding mothers of modern Australia [videorecording]
Lindfield, N.S.W.: Film Australia, 2006
The history of the Royal Australian Navy: Vol.1.
Garden Island Dockyard, NSW: Department of Defense, 2008
The makers of Australia: the convicts, the missionaries.
Sydney: Wesley Film Production, 2003
Smith, Denis First Fleet reunion, Wallabadah, 31st August, 2014
(PART 2) Subject Headings List - to assist locating books with related subject matter
Army/Navy History
The history of the Royal Australian Navy: Volume 1
A lion in the colony: an historical outline of the Tasmanian Colonial Volunteer Military
Forces, 1859-1901
Admiral Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip: the voyage to Botany Bay /account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. 1982
Phillip of Australia: account of the settlement of Sydney Cove, 1788-92. M Barnard Eldershaw
Celebrating Arthur Phillip : founder of modern Australia – an unsung New Forest hero.
Margaret Cameron-Ash,
Arthur Phillip 1976. Thea Stanley Hughes
Arthur Phillip: sailor, mercenary, governor, spy. Michael Pembroke
Arthur Phillip governor, sailor, spy. DVD
Biographies
Banks, Grantlee Kieza
Bligh, Master mariner. Rob Mundle
Corruption and skulduggery: Edward Lod, Maria Risley and Hobart’s tempestuous beginnings.
Finding sanity: John Cade, lithium and the taming of bipolar disorder. Greg De Moore and Ann Westmore
Flinders: the man who mapped Australia. Rob Mundle
Fellowship of 3 the lives and association of John Hunter the surgeon, James Cook and Joseph Banks. A W Beasley
The founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. Molly Gillen
Lachlan Macquarie, his life, adventures and times. M. H. Ellis
Lord Sydney: the life and times of Tommy Townsend. Andrew Tink
Matthew Flinders: a biographical tribute to the memory of Trim
Samuel Marsden: the great survivor. A. T. Yarwood
Letters to Ann: the love letters of Matthew Flinders. Catherine Retter
The stony ground: the remembered life of convict James Ruse. Michael Crowley
Tom Wills: first wild man of Australian sport. Greg De Moore.
Captain James Cook
Lying for the admiralty. Margaret Cameron-Ash
The voyages of Captain Cook. Rex and Thea Reinits
Cook’s cottage. Pamphlet
Convicts
Australian convict sites: world heritage nomination
Crimes of the First Fleet convicts. John Cobley
The First Fleeters: a comprehensive listing of convicts: marines, seamen, officers, wives, children and ships.
Musters and lists, New South Wales and Norfolk Island
Australia’s birth stain: the startling legacy of the convict era. Babette Smith
The Third Fleet convicts: an alphabetical listing giving names, place and date of conviction, length of sentence and ship of transportation.
The makers of Australia: the convicts, the missionaries. DVD
Cemeteries
Where First Fleeters lie. Joyce Cowell
Colonial era cemetery of Norfolk Island. R. Dixon Dalton
Despatched downunder: tracing the resting places of the First Fleeters. Ron Withington
Diaries
1788. Watkin Tench
Matthew Flinders private journal 17 December1803-17 December 1814
The journal and letters of Lt. Ralph Clark, 1787-1792
The journal of Phillip Gidley King: 1787-1790
The journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth surgeon Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789
Exploration/Maps
The Bligh notebook: “rough account 1789 voyages in the Bounty’s launch from the ship to Tofua and from thence to Timor 28 April to 14 June 1788.
Exploration and endeavour: the Royal Society of London and the South Seas
In Leichardt’s footsteps. Bruce Simpson
Laperouse: sailing through the Enlightenment
The Tasman map: a biography of a map. Ian Burnet
The voyages of Matthew Flinders
Family History
Of angels and eagles: book one of the Garth trilogy. Lynette F. McDermott
Perseverance: book two of the Garth trilogy. Lynette F. Mc Dermott
The promise of tomorrow: book three of the Garth trilogy
The story of John Nichols first fleeter and five generations of his family. K Purnell
From convicts to constitution: the story of an Australian family. Graham Wilcox
First and Second Fleet Voyages
1788 the people of the First Fleet. Don Chapman
1788: the brutal truth of the First Fleet: the biggest single migration the world has ever seen. David Hill
In for the long haul: First Fleet voyage and colonial Australia: the convicts perspective
The Second Fleet: Britain’s grim convict armada of 1790. Michael Flynn
Australia’s First Fleet: the convict voyage that founded Australia 1787-1788. Jonathan King.
Orphans of history: the forgotten children of the First Fleet. Robert Holden
The return of the First Fleet. Jonathan King
The voyage re-enactment 1788-1988. Johnathan King
The First Fleet. Rob Mundle
Governors
See also Admiral Arthur Phillip
Lachlan Macquarie, his life, adventures and times. M. H. Ellis
Bligh, master mariner. Rob Mundle
Bligh’s other mutiny. Arthur Hawkey
The journal of Phillip Gidley King: 1787-1790
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789-1989: an international exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary
The mutiny on board H.M.S. Bounty, 1789
Ku-Ring-Gai
The railway came to Ku-Ring-Gai: a pictorial history. Kerrin Cook
Under the canopy: a centenary history of Ku-Ring-Gai.
Plants
The Florilegium of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771
Lost gardens of Sydney. Colleen Morris
Settlement
The coming of the strangers: life in Australia 1788-1822. Baiba Beata Berzins
A History of Australia. Volume 1. C.M.H Clark
Sydney Cove, 1788: in the words of Australia’s first settlers: the true story of a nation’s birth. John Cobley
The Antipodes observed: artists of Australia, 1788-1850. Cedric Flower
Bi-centennial: an Australian mosaic and 1788 diary. Harry Gordon
The first settlement Norfolk Island, 1788-1814
The Norfolk Island book. R.S. Hillier
Orphans of history: the forgotten children of the first fleet. Robert Holden
Australian origins to Eureka. Volume 1. Thomas Kenneally
Stories of Australia’s Christian heritage: explorers, colonial times, pioneers, statesmen. Elizabeth Rogers Kotlowski
Pioneers of Bathurst-Kelso, N.S.W. and bush memories of the west of New South Wales. G. S. Oakes
Women
A cargo of women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal. Babette Smith
Colonial ladies, lovely, lively and lamentably loose: crime reports from the Sydney Herald. Judith Dunn
Convict maids: the forced migration of women to Australia. Deborah Oxley
Corruption and skuduggery; Edward Lord, Maria Risley and Hobart’s tempestuous beginnings. Alison Alexander
The floating brothel: the extraordinary tale of the Lady Juliana and the unlikely funding mothers of modern Australia. DVD
Isabella. Winifred Weir
An irresistible temptation: the true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal. Carol Baxter
Mary Reiby: the woman on the $20 note. Kathleen Pullen
Minding her own business: colonial businesswomen in Sydney. Catherine Bishop
© Arthur Phillip Chapter of Fellowship of First Fleeters 2023 -
Updated 01.01.23
(PART 1) LIBRARY CATALOGUE, immediately below
followed by:
(PART 2) Subject Headings List - to assist locating books with related subject matter.
Arthur Phillip the voyage to Botany Bay [facsimile] / account of the
establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island ... from the
journals of Lt. Shortland, Watts, Ball and Captain Marshall 1982.
1788/ Watkin Tench
Edited by Tim Flannery. Melbourne: Text Publishing 2009
The Age of Macquarie / edited by James
Brordbent and Joy Hughes.
Publisher: Carlton, Vic. ; Melbourne University Press in association with Historic Houses Trust of New South
Wales, 1992 Australian convict sites: world heritage nomination / Department of the
Environment, Water Heritage and the Arts. c2008
Alexander, Alison Corruption and skulduggery: Edward Lord, Maria Risley and
Hobart's tempestuous beginnings / Alexander, Alison, 1949,
author: Dynnyrne, Tas: Pillinger Press, 2015
Barnard Eldershaw, M Phillip of Australia: account of the settlement of Sydney Cove, 1788-92.
London: Sydney: Harrap, 1938
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1977
Baxter, Carol Breaking the bank: an extraordinary colonial robbery 1828.
Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2008
Baxter, Carol An irresistible temptation : the true story of Jane New and a colonial
scandal. / Carol Baxter. Baxter Carol (Carol U.) : 2006
Beasley, A. W. Fellowship of 3: the lives and association of John Hunter 1728-1793 the surgeon James Cook …….Joseph Banks.
Kenthurst, NSW: Kangaroo Press, 1993
Berzins, Baiba Beata The coming of the strangers: life in Australia 1788-1822.
[Sydney]: Collins Australia/State Library of New South Wales, 1988
Bishop, Catherine Minding her own business: colonial businesswomen in Sydney / Catherine
Bishop, author: Sydney : New South Publishing, 2015
Bligh, William The Bligh notebook: "rough account - Lieutenant Wm Bligh's 1789 voyages
in the Bounty's launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor 28
April to 14 June 1789 with a draft list of the Bounty mutineers. / edited by
John Bach. Bligh, William, Fascim. ed.:1986? 1987?
Bligh, William The mutiny on board H.M.S. Bounty, 1789. Bligh, William, 1754-1817. : 1981
Burnet, Ian The Tasman map: a biography of a map : Abel Tasman, the Dutch East India
Company and the first Dutch discovery of Australia / Ian Burnet.
Burnet, Ian, author. Dural, NSW: Rosenburg Publishing, 2019
Cameron-Ash, Margaret Lying for the Admiralty : Captain Cook’s Endeavour voyage /
Margaret-Cameron Ash; foreword by John Howard.
Cameron-Ash, Margaret. author.: Kenthurst, NSW: Rosenburg
Publishing, 2018
Celebrating Arthur Phillip : founder of modern Australia – an unsung New Forest hero /
Lyndhurst Parish Council and New Forest Centenary Trust.
Lyndhurst Parish Council : Lyndhurst, England and New Forest Centre Ninth Centenary Trust, 2015 (Donated by Denis Smith)
Chapman, Don 1788 the people of the first fleet.
North Ryde, NSW: Cassell Australia, 1981
Clark, C. M. H. A History of Australia. Volume 1
Earliest times to the age of Macquarie.
Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1962
Clark, Ralph The journal and letters of Lt. Ralph Clark, 1787-1792. /
edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan. Clark, Ralph, 1755-1794. : 1981
[Reference copy only]
Cobley, John Sydney Cove, 1788: in the words of Australia’s first settlers: the true story of
a nation’s birth. North Ryde, NSW: Angus & Robertson, 1987.
Crimes of the First Fleet convicts/ compiled and with a preface by John
Cobley. London, Sydney: Angus & Robertson,1982, c1970
Colwell, Max The Voyages of Matthew Flinders / Max Colwell. Colwell, Max.: 1970
Cook, Kerrin The railway came to Ku-ring-gai: a pictorial history of Ku-ring-gai
municipality, showing the changes and development over the last 100
years. Pymble, NSW: Gerlin Investments, 1991
Cowell Joyce and Best, Roderick Where first fleeters lie / compiled from the records of the Fellowship
of the First Fleeters. Joyce Cowell and Roderick Best. Cowell,
Joyce C.: Sydney: Fellowhip of the First Fleeters, 1999
Crowley, Michael The Stony ground: the remembered life of convict James Ruse.
Crowley, Michael, author : Hook : Waterside Press, 2018
Dalkin, R. Dixon Colonial era cemetery of Norfolk Island.
Sydney: Pacific Publications, 1974, 1981, 1985
De Moore, Greg Tom Wills: first wild man of Australian sport. De Moore, Greg : 2008
Dunn, Judith Colonial ladies, lovely, lively and lamentably loose : crime reports from
the Sydney Herald, relating to the Female Factory, Parramatta, 1832-1835 /
Judith Dunn. Dunn, Judith : 2008
Ellis, M. H. Lachlan Macquarie, his life, adventures and times.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 2010 (The classic biography of Lachlan
Macquarie, with a new introduction by Beverly Kingston.)
The Emancipist: an historical drama in three acts / by John Macquarie Antill
& his daughter Rose Antill de Warren. Antill, John Macquarie, 1866-1936
The First Fleeters: a comprehensive listing of convicts, marines, seamen,
officers, wives, children, and ships/edited by Paul G. Fidlon and R. J. Ryan;
with additional research by Joyce Cowell. Sydney:
Australian Documents Library, 1981
Exploration and endeavour: the Royal Society of London and the South
Seas / [principal curator Michelle Hetherington]
Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press, 2010
Flinders, Matthew An autobiographical tribute to the memory of Trim / by Matthew Flinders;
illustrated by Annette Macarthur-Onslow. Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.:
1997
The Florilegium of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771:
[catalogue]/compiled by Hank Ebes
Melbourne: Ebes Douwma and Sothebys
Australia, 1988. (A complete visual reference to the entire collection of
engravings from the original Banksian copperplates)
Flower, Cedric The Antipodes observed: artists of Australia, 1788-1850 / Flower, Cedric,
1920-2000. : 1983, c 1974 1975
Flynn, Michael The Second Fleet: Britain’s grim convict armada of 1790.
Sydney, N.S.W.: Library of Australian History, 1993
Gillen, Mollie The founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet/
Mollie Gillen, with appendices by Yvonne Browning, Michael Flynn, Mollie
Gillen. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1989
Gordon, Harry Bi-centennial : an Australian mosaic and 1788 diary. / by Harry Gordon
Gordon, Harry, 1925-2015. : 1988
Green, Nicole Forrest and Pons, Ann Laperouse: sailing through the Enlightenment. Pons, Ann and Green,
Nicole Forrest, 202?
Hall, Annegret In for the long haul: first fleet voyage and colonial Australia: the convicts
perspective.: Hall, Annegret, 2018
Hawkey, Arthur Bligh's other mutiny [by] Arthur Hawkey
Hawkey, Arthur.: 1975
Hill, David 1788: the brutal truth of the First Fleet: the biggest single migration the
world has ever seen. North Sydney, N.S.W.: William Heinemann, 2008
Hillier, R. S. The Norfolk Island book. / by Hillier, R. S. 1921- (Rita Stranger),: 3rd ed. :
Norfolk Island : Anson Publications, 1984
Holden, Robert Orphans of history : the forgotten children of the First Fleet. /
Robert Holden. Holden, Robert, 2000
Hughes, Thea Stanley Arthur Phillip / Thea Stanley Hughes, Cabarita, N.S.W.:
Movement Publications, 1976
Kenneally, Thomas Australian origins to Eureka. Volume 1.
Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2009
Kieza, Grantlee Banks / Kieza, Grantlee Sydney, N.S.W.:
ABC Books an import of HarperCollins 2020
King, Jonathan Australia’s First Fleet: the convict voyage that founded Australia 1787-1788.
South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1982
King, Jonathan The return of the First Fleet / by Jonathan King.
King, Jonathan, 1942-: Official souvenir ed. : c1987
King, Jonathan The voyage and re-enactment 1788-1988.
Sydney: Fairfax/Robertsbridge, 1987
King, Jonathon Sailing home / [Jonathan King] King, Johnathon, 1942- Waterloo, N.S.W. :
Fairfax Newspapers, c1987
King, Philip Gidley The journal of Philip Gidley King : Lieutenant, R.N., 1787-1790 / edited by
Paul G. Fidlon and R.J. Ryan
King, Philip Gidley, 1758-1808. : 1980. [Reference copy only]
Kotlowski, Elizabeth Rogers Stories of Australia’s Christian heritage: explorers, colonial times, pioneers,
statesmen. Sydney: Strand Publishing, c2006
McDermott, Lynette F. Of angels and eagles: book one of the Garth trilogy.
McDermott, Lynette: 2016
McDermott, Lynette F. Perseverence: book two of the Garth trilogy.
McDermott, Lynette: 2017
McDermott, Lynette F. The Promise of tomorrow: book three of the Garth trilogy.
McDermott, Lynette: 2018
Morris, Colleen Lost gardens of Sydney.
Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, c2008.
Mundle, Rob Flinders: the man who mapped Australia.
Sydney, NSW: Hachette, 2012
The First Fleet / Robert Mundle.
Mundle, Rob, author.: 2014
Muster and lists, New.South.Wales and Norfolk Island 1800-1802 /
edited by Carol J. Baxter
Musters of New South Wales and Norfolk Island 1805-1806 / edited by
Carol J. Baxter: Sydney: ABGR in association with the Society of Australian
Genealogists, 1989 Australian Biographical and Genealogical
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789-1989: an international exhibition to mark the
200th anniversary. London: Manorial Research PLC, 1989
Oakes, G. S. Pioneers of Bathurst-Kelso, N.S.W.; and Bush memories of the west of New
South Wales / by the Venerable Archdeacon G.S. Oakes.
Oakes, G.S. 1855-1942. (George Spencer),: 1978
Oxley, Deborah Convict maids: the forced migration of women to Australia.
Cambridge, Melbourne: Cambridge University Press, 1996
Pembroke, Michael Arthur Phillip: sailor, mercenary, governor, spy. /Michael Pembroke.
Pembroke, Michael Andrew 1955-:2014
Pullen, Kathleen J. Mary Reiby: the woman on the $20 note.
Sydney, NSW: New Holland Publishers (Australia), 2011
Purnell, K The story of John Nichols first fleeter and five generations of his family /
K. Purnell [et al] Bega, NSW: John Nichols Family Society, 1988
Reinits, Rex and Reinits, Thea The Voyages of Captain Cook / [by] REX & Thea Reinits.
Reinits, Rex.: 1976
Retter, Catherine Letters to Ann: the love letters of Matthew Flinders and Anne Chappelle /
Retter, Catherine: 2001
A Short history of the military forces Sydney in NSW 1790-1900.
[Sydney]: reprinted by the Victoria Barracks Museum Society, 1977.
(Prepared in 1953 by direction of the general officer commanding eastern
command now Lietuenant General Sir Frank Berryman KCVO CD CBE DSO
Rey, Jo Ann The Sarsparilla souvenir / Jo Ann Rey.: Philadeophia, P.A. United States:
Xlibris Corporation, 2005
Sampson, Helen Over the horizon: the Polynesian settlement of Norfolk Island.
Norfolk Island, N.S.W.: Helen Sampson, 2005
A Short history of the military forces
Sydney in NSW 1790-1900. [Sydney]: reprinted by the Victoria Barracks
Museum Society, 1977.
(Prepared in 1953 by direction of the general officer commanding eastern command now
Lieutenant General Sir Frank Berryman KCVO CD CBE DSO)
Simpson, Bruce In Leichardt’s footsteps: an investigation into one of Australia’s most
enduring mysteries. Sydney: ABC Books, 2007
Smith, Babette Australia’s birth stain: the startling legacy of the convict era.
Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2008, 2009
Smith, Babette A cargo of women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of
the Princess Royal. Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2008.
2nd edition
Smyth, Arthur Bowes The journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth: surgeon Lady Penrhyn
1787-1789/Edited by Paul G Fidlon and R. j. Ryan.
Sydney: Australian Documents Library, 1979
Tink, Andrew Lord Sydney: the life and times of Tommy Townsend.
North Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2011
The Third Fleet convicts: an alphabetical listing giving names,
place and date of conviction, length of sentence and ship
of transportation/ [edited by] R. J. Ryan.
Cammeray, [N.S.W.]: Horwitz Grahame, 1983, c1981
Under the canopy : a centenary history of Ku-ring-gai Council /
Pauline Curby and Virginnia MacLeod. Curby, Pauline. : Gordon, N.S.W. :
Ku-ring-gai Council, c2006
Weir, Winifred Isabella / Weir, Winifred, 1930-2000
Wilcox, Graham From convicts to constitution: the story of an Australian family /
Graham Wilcox
Withington, Ron Despatched downunder: tracing the resting place of the First Fleeters /
Ron Withington. Withington, Ron, author.
Woolloomooloo, N.S.W.: the Fellowship of the First Fleeters, 2013
Wyatt, D. M. A lion in the colony: an historical outline
of the Tasmanian Colonial Volunteer Military Forces, 1859-1901/ by
D.M. Wyatt. Wyatt, Douglas Morris, 1946- :c1990
Yarwood, A. T. Samuel Marsden: the great survivor.
Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1977
Pamphlets
Arthur Phillip Chapter of the Fellowship of the First Fleeters:
folder of information
Australian flags.
Barton, ACT: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, c2006
Australian symbols.
Barton, ACT: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, c2000
Cook’s cottage.
Melbourne: Joint Management Committee, Cooks Cottage, 1986
Elizabeth Farm, Parramatta: a history and a guide.
Glebe, N.S.W.: Historic Houses Trust, 1995
First Fleeters: Journal of the pioneer families of Australia.
The official Journal of the Fellowship of the First Fleet. Volume 11, Number 1,
September, 1971. (Donated by Denis Smith)
From quarantine to Q Station : honouring the past, securing the future /
[Jennifer Cornwall and Simon McArthur]
Cornwall, Jennifer. : 2008
Hyde Park Barracks.
Glebe, N.S.W.: Historic Houses Trust, c1994
Old Sydney Town : the largest heritage Park in N.S.W. Australia. Recreating the Birth of a Nation, 19788-1810 [photographs]
(Donated by Denis Smith)
The First Fleet Australia’s heritage in stamps.
Melbourne: Australia Post,
The First settlement Norfolk Island, 1788-1814. Norfolk Island Museum
McLeod, Judith James Weavers: the voyage of HMS Guardian. / a talk given by
Judith McLeod to the Arthur Phillip Chapter, of the Fellowship of the
First Fleeters, May 2016
Society of Genealogists A list of resources for research (a printout from their website).
[Reference copy only]
This great colonial undertaking: the story of AustraIia’s first bank.
[Sydney]: Westpac Banking Corporation, 1992
DVD’s Arthur Phillip governor sailor spy: a journey in the footsteps of Australia’s
remarkable founding governor.
Sydney, NSW: Australian Broadcasting Commission, 2015
The floating brothel: the extraordinary tale of the Lady Juliana and
the unlikely founding mothers of modern Australia [videorecording]
Lindfield, N.S.W.: Film Australia, 2006
The history of the Royal Australian Navy: Vol.1.
Garden Island Dockyard, NSW: Department of Defense, 2008
The makers of Australia: the convicts, the missionaries.
Sydney: Wesley Film Production, 2003
Smith, Denis First Fleet reunion, Wallabadah, 31st August, 2014
(PART 2) Subject Headings List - to assist locating books with related subject matter
Army/Navy History
The history of the Royal Australian Navy: Volume 1
A lion in the colony: an historical outline of the Tasmanian Colonial Volunteer Military
Forces, 1859-1901
Admiral Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip: the voyage to Botany Bay /account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island. 1982
Phillip of Australia: account of the settlement of Sydney Cove, 1788-92. M Barnard Eldershaw
Celebrating Arthur Phillip : founder of modern Australia – an unsung New Forest hero.
Margaret Cameron-Ash,
Arthur Phillip 1976. Thea Stanley Hughes
Arthur Phillip: sailor, mercenary, governor, spy. Michael Pembroke
Arthur Phillip governor, sailor, spy. DVD
Biographies
Banks, Grantlee Kieza
Bligh, Master mariner. Rob Mundle
Corruption and skulduggery: Edward Lod, Maria Risley and Hobart’s tempestuous beginnings.
Finding sanity: John Cade, lithium and the taming of bipolar disorder. Greg De Moore and Ann Westmore
Flinders: the man who mapped Australia. Rob Mundle
Fellowship of 3 the lives and association of John Hunter the surgeon, James Cook and Joseph Banks. A W Beasley
The founders of Australia: a biographical dictionary of the First Fleet. Molly Gillen
Lachlan Macquarie, his life, adventures and times. M. H. Ellis
Lord Sydney: the life and times of Tommy Townsend. Andrew Tink
Matthew Flinders: a biographical tribute to the memory of Trim
Samuel Marsden: the great survivor. A. T. Yarwood
Letters to Ann: the love letters of Matthew Flinders. Catherine Retter
The stony ground: the remembered life of convict James Ruse. Michael Crowley
Tom Wills: first wild man of Australian sport. Greg De Moore.
Captain James Cook
Lying for the admiralty. Margaret Cameron-Ash
The voyages of Captain Cook. Rex and Thea Reinits
Cook’s cottage. Pamphlet
Convicts
Australian convict sites: world heritage nomination
Crimes of the First Fleet convicts. John Cobley
The First Fleeters: a comprehensive listing of convicts: marines, seamen, officers, wives, children and ships.
Musters and lists, New South Wales and Norfolk Island
Australia’s birth stain: the startling legacy of the convict era. Babette Smith
The Third Fleet convicts: an alphabetical listing giving names, place and date of conviction, length of sentence and ship of transportation.
The makers of Australia: the convicts, the missionaries. DVD
Cemeteries
Where First Fleeters lie. Joyce Cowell
Colonial era cemetery of Norfolk Island. R. Dixon Dalton
Despatched downunder: tracing the resting places of the First Fleeters. Ron Withington
Diaries
1788. Watkin Tench
Matthew Flinders private journal 17 December1803-17 December 1814
The journal and letters of Lt. Ralph Clark, 1787-1792
The journal of Phillip Gidley King: 1787-1790
The journal of Arthur Bowes Smyth surgeon Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789
Exploration/Maps
The Bligh notebook: “rough account 1789 voyages in the Bounty’s launch from the ship to Tofua and from thence to Timor 28 April to 14 June 1788.
Exploration and endeavour: the Royal Society of London and the South Seas
In Leichardt’s footsteps. Bruce Simpson
Laperouse: sailing through the Enlightenment
The Tasman map: a biography of a map. Ian Burnet
The voyages of Matthew Flinders
Family History
Of angels and eagles: book one of the Garth trilogy. Lynette F. McDermott
Perseverance: book two of the Garth trilogy. Lynette F. Mc Dermott
The promise of tomorrow: book three of the Garth trilogy
The story of John Nichols first fleeter and five generations of his family. K Purnell
From convicts to constitution: the story of an Australian family. Graham Wilcox
First and Second Fleet Voyages
1788 the people of the First Fleet. Don Chapman
1788: the brutal truth of the First Fleet: the biggest single migration the world has ever seen. David Hill
In for the long haul: First Fleet voyage and colonial Australia: the convicts perspective
The Second Fleet: Britain’s grim convict armada of 1790. Michael Flynn
Australia’s First Fleet: the convict voyage that founded Australia 1787-1788. Jonathan King.
Orphans of history: the forgotten children of the First Fleet. Robert Holden
The return of the First Fleet. Jonathan King
The voyage re-enactment 1788-1988. Johnathan King
The First Fleet. Rob Mundle
Governors
See also Admiral Arthur Phillip
Lachlan Macquarie, his life, adventures and times. M. H. Ellis
Bligh, master mariner. Rob Mundle
Bligh’s other mutiny. Arthur Hawkey
The journal of Phillip Gidley King: 1787-1790
Mutiny on the Bounty, 1789-1989: an international exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary
The mutiny on board H.M.S. Bounty, 1789
Ku-Ring-Gai
The railway came to Ku-Ring-Gai: a pictorial history. Kerrin Cook
Under the canopy: a centenary history of Ku-Ring-Gai.
Plants
The Florilegium of Captain Cook’s first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771
Lost gardens of Sydney. Colleen Morris
Settlement
The coming of the strangers: life in Australia 1788-1822. Baiba Beata Berzins
A History of Australia. Volume 1. C.M.H Clark
Sydney Cove, 1788: in the words of Australia’s first settlers: the true story of a nation’s birth. John Cobley
The Antipodes observed: artists of Australia, 1788-1850. Cedric Flower
Bi-centennial: an Australian mosaic and 1788 diary. Harry Gordon
The first settlement Norfolk Island, 1788-1814
The Norfolk Island book. R.S. Hillier
Orphans of history: the forgotten children of the first fleet. Robert Holden
Australian origins to Eureka. Volume 1. Thomas Kenneally
Stories of Australia’s Christian heritage: explorers, colonial times, pioneers, statesmen. Elizabeth Rogers Kotlowski
Pioneers of Bathurst-Kelso, N.S.W. and bush memories of the west of New South Wales. G. S. Oakes
Women
A cargo of women: Susannah Watson and the convicts of the Princess Royal. Babette Smith
Colonial ladies, lovely, lively and lamentably loose: crime reports from the Sydney Herald. Judith Dunn
Convict maids: the forced migration of women to Australia. Deborah Oxley
Corruption and skuduggery; Edward Lord, Maria Risley and Hobart’s tempestuous beginnings. Alison Alexander
The floating brothel: the extraordinary tale of the Lady Juliana and the unlikely funding mothers of modern Australia. DVD
Isabella. Winifred Weir
An irresistible temptation: the true story of Jane New and a colonial scandal. Carol Baxter
Mary Reiby: the woman on the $20 note. Kathleen Pullen
Minding her own business: colonial businesswomen in Sydney. Catherine Bishop
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