457626
- TitleNorfolk Island victualling book, 1792-1796
- Creator
- Call numberSAFE/A 1958 (Safe 1/266)
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1796 - Type of material
- Reference code457626
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 367, frames 1-197 (A 1958, filed at Safe 1/266)
Microfilm : CY 3467, frames 1-103 (A 1958 , filed at Safe 1/266) - Physical Description0.03 metres of textual material (1 volume)
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"In October 1786, Phillip was nominated to command the expedition then setting out to establish a penal settlement at Botany Bay. He chose Philip Gidley King as second lieutenant in the Sirius, in which he was sailing himself. He took King with him when he transferred to the Supply in the hope of reaching their destination ahead of the main fleet, and a fortnight after they arrived selected him 'as an officer of merit" ... Impressed by his work, the governor several times recommended his subordinate for naval promotion, but this would have raised difficulties because of King's lack of seniority; to solve the problem the secretary of state announced in December 1789 that King would be appointed lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island"
Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography - Scope and ContentList of people on Norfolk Island 1792-1795 on food rations from the Commissariat.
The following details are given: register number, time of entry into the Victualling Book, from where (name of ship arrived on), name of person, status or rank, whether discharged or dead, date of discharge or death, name of ship in which departed, and the number of days victualled each year. Arranged in separate lists for 'Civil Department', 'Military Department', 'Settlers and Free people', 'Male convicts', 'Free women', 'Female convicts', 'Children of Civil, Military and Free', 'Convicts' children'. - System of arrangementArrangement is by date of entry in each listing.
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This is a register of people, whatever their status, entering Norfolk Island. Its purpose was to record the number of days each person was supplied with food rations from the Commissariat stores. Governor King's instructions to the Commissary required such a register to be kept at each branch of the Commissariat and it was called a Victualling Book. (Source: State Records Authority of New South Wales -- Record Series Detail, Series No.1343)
See transcribed copy, with index : T. D. Mutch - Norfolk Island victualling list 1792-1796 (CY 3467 (Original at A 4422))
Some entries in the State Library’s Manuscript Index Catalogue refer to an individual’s date of birth by referencing the Victualling Book (for example, “born at Norfolk Island, July 1791”). This is not the date of birth, but instead refers to the date that individual was entered into the Victualling Book for rations. - Creator/Author/Artist
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