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| Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Macquarie Harbour |
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| Description | A visualisation of the investigative tours of British Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were 'travelling under concern' in the Southern oceans in 1830s. This section relates to their inspection of the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station in Tasmania. |
| Type | Journey |
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| Contributor | Heidi Ing |
| Entries | 9 |
| Allow ANPS? | No |
| Added to System | 2024-06-18 17:33:31 |
| Updated in System | 2024-06-18 17:33:53 |
| Subject | colonialism, religious society of friends, quakers, colonial history, james backhouse, george washington walker, transnational human rights activism |
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| Creator | Penny Edmonds |
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| Contact | penny.edmonds@flinders.edu.au |
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| Source URL | https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634 |
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| Date From | 1832-05-10 |
| Date To | 1832-06-22 |
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On the Tamar sailing from Sullivans Cove to Macquarie Harbour with Backhouse and Walker were, āJohn Burn, the captain for the voyage, Henry Herberg, the mate, David Hoy, a ship's carpenter, Jno. A. Mantonā along with 10 āprivate soldiers and a sergeant, as guardā, 2 soldiers' wives with 5 children, 12 seamen āseveral of whom were convictsā, and 18 āprisoners under sentence to the Penal Settlementā.
- Placename
- Sullivans Cove, Hobart, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- John Burn; Henry Herberg; David Hoy; Jno. A. Manton; Convicts
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 36-38
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
After 'passing between the Acteon Islands and Recherche Bay', the Tamar 'rounded the Whales-head', 'came into the open sea' and sailed into 'the middle harbour of Port Davey' where they remained for seventeen days.
- Placename
- Port Davey, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 38-43
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
On the 4th of June the Tamar 'came distinctly in view of Cape Sorell' and experienced a treacherous entry into Macquarie Habour and through 'a narrow passage between two rocks, called "The Gates", or from the nature of the settlement, "Hells Gatesā; many of the prisoners recklessly asserting that all who entered in hither, were doomed to eternal perditionā.
- Placename
- Cape Sorell, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Convicts
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 44-45
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Convicts
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 46-49
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
During their stay at Macquarie Harbour, they 'received great kindness and attention from the Commandant' who afforded them 'all the information we desired respecting the discipline of the Settlement', and gave them 'free access to the prisoners, both for ascertaining their feelings, and for the purpose of imparting religious instruction'.
- Placename
- Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Convicts
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 56
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Convicts
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, pp. 44-45
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
Backhouse interviewed the steward on board the Tamar who had been 'transported when 14 years old' and found that he 'attributed his early turpitude, to the influence of had company, which led him to use strong drink and disobey his father, and to practice many other evils'. He had been transported for robbery and though 'he had forsaken his evil ways' he still 'felt keenly the bitter consequences of his former vices, for which he was still in bondage'.
- Placename
- Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Convicts
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 57
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
Backhouse reported that parties of Aboriginal people crossed the mouth of Macquarie Harbour 'on floats, in the form of a boat, made of bundles of the paper-like bark of the Swamp Tea-tree, lashed side by side, by means of tough grass'.
- Placename
- Bowra Rock, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Aboriginal people
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 58
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
Sources
Backhouse recorded that the Aboriginal people of the Macquarie Harbour region [Toogee People] were 'said to be shy' and had not 'committed any outrage'. Backhouse reported that 'a girl of about fourteen years of age' had been exchanged for a dog with the people at the Pilot Station, but that 'the girl not liking her situation was taken back, and the dog returned'.
- Placename
- Macquarie Heads Pilot Station, Tasmania
- Type
- Other
Details
Description
Extended Data
- Journey_Title
- Macquarie Habour
- People
- Aboriginal people
- Source
- Backhouse, Narrative of a Visit, p. 58
- Link
- https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634
