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Born: Established: 1758 ; Died: Ceased: 1833
Gender: Male
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1 The Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench , 2011 extract diary (A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of its Natural Productions)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing 2011; (p. 3-17)
1 From : A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench , 2009 extract prose travel (A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of its Natural Productions)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 56-60)
1 Tentative First Contact Watkin Tench , 2009 extract prose (Sydney's First Four Years : Being a Reprint of 'A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay' and 'A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson')
— Appears in: The Age , 24 January 2009; (p. 17)
1 1 y separately published work icon Two Classic Tales of Australian Exploration : 1788 by Watkin Tench ; Life and Adventures by John Nicol John Nicol , Watkin Tench (editor), Tim Flannery (editor), Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2000 Z794528 2000 anthology prose travel
3 1 y separately published work icon 1788 1788 : the Birth of a Nation, Comprising A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and An Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson; Watkin Tench's 1788 Watkin Tench , Tim Flannery (editor), Melbourne : Text Publishing , 1996 8267005 1996 single work single work biography (taught in 1 units)

'Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet in January 1788. He was in his late twenties, a captain of the marines, and on the adventure of his life. Insatiably curious, with a natural genius for storytelling, Tench wrote two enthralling accounts of the infant colony - A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson. Tench brings to life the legendary figures of Bennelong, Arabanoo and Governor Phillip, and records the voices of convicts trying to make new lives in their new country.'(Source: Goodreads website)
1 Arabanoo Watkin Tench , 1989 extract prose (A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay : With an Account of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. : To Which Is Subjoined a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson)
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 55-59)
1 The Indians Watkin Tench , 1989 extract prose (A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay : With an Account of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. : To Which Is Subjoined a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson)
— Appears in: Colonial Voices : Letters, Diaries, Journalism and Other Accounts of Nineteenth-Century Australia 1989; (p. 51-59)
1 As Fine Children as Ever Were Born Watkin Tench , 1977 extract diary
— Appears in: The White Chrysanthemum : Changing Images of Australian Motherhood 1977; (p. 1-4) The White Chrysanthemum : Changing Images of Australian Motherhood 1985; (p. 6)
2 9 y separately published work icon Sydney's First Four Years : Being a Reprint of 'A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay' and 'A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson' Watkin Tench , Sydney : Angus and Robertson Royal Australian Historical Society , 1961 Z824175 1961 selected work prose travel
1 September 1790 Watkin Tench , 1953 extract non-fiction (A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of its Natural Productions)
— Appears in: Australian Round-Up : Stories From 1790 to 1950 1953; (p. 1-4) Expedition to Manly Cove encounters aboriginals feasting on beached whale. 'Baneelon' - Bennelong? -appears among them. Extended encounter ends with Governor Phillip being speared by a 'stranger' aborigine.
1 Landfall and Arrival Watkin Tench , 1949 extract prose non-fiction (A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay : With an Account of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. : To Which Is Subjoined a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson)
— Appears in: Australian Heritage : A Prose Anthology 1949; (p. 39-46)
1 [Extract] A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of Its Natural Productions Watkin Tench , 1836 extract prose travel (A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of its Natural Productions)
— Appears in: The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal , 3 September vol. 4 no. 192 1836; (p. 757)
2 3 y separately published work icon A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales : Including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of its Natural Productions Watkin Tench , London : 1793 Z824151 1793 single work prose travel
2 6 y separately published work icon A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay : With an Account of New South Wales, Its Productions, Inhabitants, &c. : To Which Is Subjoined a List of the Civil and Military Establishments at Port Jackson Watkin Tench , London : J. Debrett , 1789 Z817630 1789 single work prose travel
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