List [manuscript]. 1938.

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List [manuscript]. 1938.

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Despatch from David Collins : Victualling list, 1803-1804. "This list, practically a census, showing the population of the Derwent to be just over 500 persons." It lists the names of persons victualled at full allowance from October 17th, 1803 to October 17th, 1804. (Typescript made by Herbert J. Rumsey in 1938).

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Collins, David, 1756-1810

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Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins was ordered to establish a settlement on Port Phillip Bay to secure the strategic Bass Strait for the British. However, he was unhappy with that locality and decided to transfer the settlement to the Derwent River. On 15 February 1804, Collins, with the first detachment from Port Phillip in the Ocean and Lady Nelson, anchored off the new settlement at Risdon. A quick inspection satisfied him that the site was quite unsuitable and he made his own reconnaissance, e...