The Naval Pioneers of Australia

Name: The Naval Pioneers of Australia
Author: Becke, Louis

Becke, Louis

Australia -- Discovery and exploration

Quebec, 93;
    siege of, 46.
  _Queen Charlotte_, 102.
  Quintall, 234, 235.
  _Rattlesnake_, H.M.S., 288, 291.
  _Reliance_, 168, 169, 178.
  _Renown_, 137.
  _Resolution_, 65, 66, 221, 230, 249.
  _Resource_, 197, 293.
  Restoration Island, 227.
  Rio de Janeiro, 132.
  Riou, Captain, 142.
  Robinson, Commander C.N., _The British Fleet_, 28, 31.
  Rochefort, 93.
  Rochester, 119.
  Rodney, Sir George, 93.
  Rodriguez, Island of, 233
  _Roebuck_, H.M.S., 23, 240;
    a sixth-rate vessel, 24;
    guns, 26;
    officers, 29;
    scale of provisions, 30;
    dress of the sailors, 31;
    founders, 39.
  Roebuck Bay, 39.
  Roeburne, 39.
  Rogers, Woodes, 43.
  _Rolla_, 194, 196, 197.
  Rosemary Isles, 39, 213.
  Ross, Major, 96;
    on the attempt to colonize New South Wales, 82;
    commandant and lieutenant-governor, 116;
    character, 117;
    return to England, 117;
    establishes martial law at Norfolk Island, 122;
    in temporary command, 143.
  Ross Point, 97.
  _Royal George_, 92.
  _Royal Prince_, 19.
  Russell, Mr. Clark, his sketch of Dampier, 40.

  Sadeur, James, 37.
  Sailors, dress of, 31;
    life on board ship, 32;
    compared with the modern, 32, 33;
    improvement in the class, 48;
    food and accommodation, 49.
  Sandwich Islands, 51.
  Sandwich, Lord, 67, 68.
  Sandy Hook, 93.
  Santham, Mr. G., 70.
  _Sardam_, the frigate, 14.
  Saunders, Sir Charles, 93.
  _Scarborough_, 80.
  Schanck, Cape, 281;
    Mount, 281.
  Schanck, Captain, 280.
  Scilly Isles, 247.
  _Scipio_, 169.
  Scott, Captain, 287.
  Selkirk, Alexander, 43.
  Semple, Major, 132.
  Shark's Bay, 8, 36, 38.
  Shortland, 105.
  Shortlands, 279.
  Sierra Leone, 241.
  Simon's Bay, 223, 288.
  _Sirius_, 77, 82, 93, 137, 140, 143;
    wreck of the, 96-98.
  Skirving, 165.
  Sleaford, 169.
  Smith, 234;
    his work at Pitcairn, 234.
  Smollett, _Roderick Random_, 31.
  Solander, Dr., 53, 70.
  South Sea Islands, 179.
  Southwell, extracts from his letters, 95, 96-98.
  Spanish, voyages to Australia, 4.
  Spencer, Lord, 211.
  Spithead, 76, 222, 232.
  Spragge, Captain Sir Edward, 19.
  Stephens, Mr. Philip, 59.
  Sterling, 291.
  Stewart, 229;
    imprisoned on the _Pandora_, 230;
    drowned, 231.
  Stingray Bay, 57.
  _Stirling Castle_, 75.
  Stokes, 291.
  Storm Bay Passage, 159.
  _Success_, 291.
  Sunda, Strait of, 242.
  _Supply_, 77, 96, 140, 141, 143.
  Sutherland, Forby, 57.
  _Swallow_, 50, 51, 100, 137.
  Swan, Captain, 19.
  Swan Point, 21.
  _Swiftsure_, 89.
  Sydney, 59;
    harbour, 81, 184.
  _Sydney Cove_, wreck of the, 170, 176.
  _Sydney Gazette_, the first paper, 157.
  Sydney, Lord, 76.

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The Naval Pioneers of AustraliaBecke, Louis

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The Naval Pioneers of Australia

Becke, Louis

Australia -- Discovery and exploration

Quebec, 93;
    siege of, 46.
  _Queen Charlotte_, 102.
  Quintall, 234, 235.
  _Rattlesnake_, H.M.S., 288, 291.
  _Reliance_, 168, 169, 178.
  _Renown_, 137.
  _Resolution_, 65, 66, 221, 230, 249.
  _Resource_, 197, 293.
  Restoration Island, 227.
  Rio de Janeiro, 132.
  Riou, Captain, 142.
  Robinson, Commander C.N., _The British Fleet_, 28, 31.
  Rochefort, 93.
  Rochester, 119.
  Rodney, Sir George, 93.
  Rodriguez, Island of, 233
  _Roebuck_, H.M.S., 23, 240;
    a sixth-rate vessel, 24;
    guns, 26;
    officers, 29;
    scale of provisions, 30;
    dress of the sailors, 31;
    founders, 39.
  Roebuck Bay, 39.
  Roeburne, 39.
  Rogers, Woodes, 43.
  _Rolla_, 194, 196, 197.
  Rosemary Isles, 39, 213.
  Ross, Major, 96;
    on the attempt to colonize New South Wales, 82;
    commandant and lieutenant-governor, 116;
    character, 117;
    return to England, 117;
    establishes martial law at Norfolk Island, 122;
    in temporary command, 143.
  Ross Point, 97.
  _Royal George_, 92.
  _Royal Prince_, 19.
  Russell, Mr. Clark, his sketch of Dampier, 40.

  Sadeur, James, 37.
  Sailors, dress of, 31;
    life on board ship, 32;
    compared with the modern, 32, 33;
    improvement in the class, 48;
    food and accommodation, 49.
  Sandwich Islands, 51.
  Sandwich, Lord, 67, 68.
  Sandy Hook, 93.
  Santham, Mr. G., 70.
  _Sardam_, the frigate, 14.
  Saunders, Sir Charles, 93.
  _Scarborough_, 80.
  Schanck, Cape, 281;
    Mount, 281.
  Schanck, Captain, 280.
  Scilly Isles, 247.
  _Scipio_, 169.
  Scott, Captain, 287.
  Selkirk, Alexander, 43.
  Semple, Major, 132.
  Shark's Bay, 8, 36, 38.
  Shortland, 105.
  Shortlands, 279.
  Sierra Leone, 241.
  Simon's Bay, 223, 288.
  _Sirius_, 77, 82, 93, 137, 140, 143;
    wreck of the, 96-98.
  Skirving, 165.
  Sleaford, 169.
  Smith, 234;
    his work at Pitcairn, 234.
  Smollett, _Roderick Random_, 31.
  Solander, Dr., 53, 70.
  South Sea Islands, 179.
  Southwell, extracts from his letters, 95, 96-98.
  Spanish, voyages to Australia, 4.
  Spencer, Lord, 211.
  Spithead, 76, 222, 232.
  Spragge, Captain Sir Edward, 19.
  Stephens, Mr. Philip, 59.
  Sterling, 291.
  Stewart, 229;
    imprisoned on the _Pandora_, 230;
    drowned, 231.
  Stingray Bay, 57.
  _Stirling Castle_, 75.
  Stokes, 291.
  Storm Bay Passage, 159.
  _Success_, 291.
  Sunda, Strait of, 242.
  _Supply_, 77, 96, 140, 141, 143.
  Sutherland, Forby, 57.
  _Swallow_, 50, 51, 100, 137.
  Swan, Captain, 19.
  Swan Point, 21.
  _Swiftsure_, 89.
  Sydney, 59;
    harbour, 81, 184.
  _Sydney Cove_, wreck of the, 170, 176.
  _Sydney Gazette_, the first paper, 157.
  Sydney, Lord, 76.

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