Bound For Botany Bay: Narrative Of A Voyage in 1798 aboard the Death Ship Hillsborough

MARITIME Australiana –

Historical account of a voyage to Australia in 1798 aboard the Hillsborough, a ship known for its high death toll among prisoners. The book details the harsh conditions on board, the treatment of prisoners, and the journey to Botany Bay.

• Clune draws on William Noah’s diary to detail the Hillsborough’s voyage to NSW when 100 convicts died. He links this voyage to some successful colonists: Edward Spencer Wills George Howe William Redfern Henry Antill George Crossley Rosetta Madden Samuel Terry etc.

First Edition.

• xv, 203 p., 16 pages of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm. (poor dustjacket) #031225

• • Hillsborough (Ship)
  • Convict ships
  • Convicts — New South Wales
  • Penal colonies — Great Britain
  • Australia — History — 1788-1900
  • New South Wales — History — 1788-1851
  • New South Wales — Description and travel