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Old Botany Bay / compiled and spoken by Peter O'Shaughnessy.

By: Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: MFP A-8120 | Music for PleasurePublication details: Music for Pleasure, [1969].Description: 1 sound disc : 33 1/3 rpm., stereo. ; 12 inSubject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: Documentary, poetry and folk song evocation of old Botany Bay, 1770-1830s.
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Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Class number Materials specified Status Notes Date due Barcode
Sound Recordings Sound Recordings VWML Gift Storage SAD 4890 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Reference only Donated by Tony Davis. SR08222

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.

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