Flag [manuscript]. 1983.

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Flag [manuscript]. 1983.

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Replica of the Bounty's flag, which Captain Ware carried with him on the voyage. Also a newspaper cutting from the "Canberra Times", 26.7.1983, describing the presentation of the flag to the Library. Captain Bligh-Ware's boat was called "Child of the Bounty"

14 cm. (1 box).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7076802

Libraries Australia

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Child of Bounty (Boat)

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Bligh, William, 1754-1817

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Epithet: Captain; of Add MS 31865 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000126.0x00033e Bligh was an officer of the British Royal Navy and colonial administrator. He is best known for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command aboard HMAV Bounty. After the Bounty mutiny he became Governor of New South Wales. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1958. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record...

Ware, Ronald William

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Captain Ron. W. Bligh-Ware is a seventh-generation descendant of Captain William Bligh. He recreated his ancestor's 1789 voyage from Tonga to Timor in a replica of the Bounty longboat, in 1983. From the description of Flag [manuscript]. 1983. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225842815 ...