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The Crown and Anchor Tavern in the Strand, London, where the Anacreontic Society met in the late eighteenth century. Illustration c.1800, courtesy Wikimedia.
Botany Bay Song: Sung at the Anacreontic Society single work   poetry   "You have read of Captain Cook, our late worthy commander,"
First known date: ca. 1790 Issue Details: First known date: 1790... 1790 Botany Bay Song: Sung at the Anacreontic Society
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Farewell to Judges and Juries : The Broadside Ballads and Convict Transportation to Australia, 1788-1868 Hugh Anderson (editor), Hotham Hill : Red Rooster Press , 2000 Z897572 2000 anthology poetry criticism diary autobiography Verse text (and where accessible tunes) of approximately 140 transportation broadside songs and verses, with extracts from personal stories of convicts as given in letters, diaries, chapbooks, and reminiscences. More than 150 illustrations, including the art work of headpieces and reproduction of drawings and engravings. Introduction surveys books and articles dealing with the broadside industry and with convict transportation. Hotham Hill : Red Rooster Press , 2000 pg. 4
Subjects:
  • Botany Bay, Botany area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
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