Old Botany Bay /
SAD 4890 Sound Library
O'Shaughnessy, Peter
Old Botany Bay / compiled and spoken by Peter O'Shaughnessy. - Music for Pleasure, [1969]. - 1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm., stereo. ; 12 in.
Analog disc. Singers: Marian Henderson and John Currie
Side 1: 1. 'Cook and Banks' from W. C. Wentworth's 'Australasia', 1823 -- 2. Instructions to Captain Cook for his first voyage, July, 1768 -- 3. From the journal of the first voyage of Captain Cook, 1770 -- 4. The first 'vision' of Captain Cook...Kenneth Slessor -- 5. Joseph Banks recommends Botany Bay as the place for a convict settlement to a committee of the House of Commons -- 6. From a London broadside of December 1786: 'Let us drink a good health...' -- 7. Here's adieu to all judges and juries -- 8. Three short extracts -- 9. The convict maid -- 10. Several short extracts -- 11. From surgeon Arthur Bowes' journal, February 1788: Governor Phillip harangues the convicts after the landing at Port Jackson -- 12. The convict oath -- Side 2: 1. Van Dieman's land -- 2. The girl with the black velvet band -- 3. Moreton Bay -- 4. The convict's tour of hell -- 5. Bold Jack Donahue.
Documentary, poetry and folk song evocation of old Botany Bay, 1770-1830s.
SR08222