Series 1: First Fleet Re-enactment further papers

MLMSS 11567

series

1976-2021

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Ephemera

9668447

2.40 metres of textual material (15 boxes)

BOX 1
Folder 1. Guide to the collection prepared by Jonathan King, includes letters to the State Library of New South Wales regarding acquiring the collection, 2021
Folder 2. Guide to the collection with updated box numbers
Letter book 1, 1978-1981. Includes letters regarding the launch of the First Fleet idea, public response and government opposition
Letter book 2, 1982-1984. Includes letters regarding government negotiations, getting sponsors and finding the ships

BOX 2
Letter book 3, 1985-1987. Includes letters regarding government support, the Queen’s royal review and the 11 ships setting sail from the UK to Australia
Letter book 4, 1987-1988. Includes letters of congratulations written on land, ports of call, arrival, thank you letters, coastal voyage and school kids

BOX 3
Letter book 5, 1987-1988. Includes letters regarding ‘drama on the high seas’, telexes and faxes from ships at sea, the bounty log, newspaper articles and radio reports sent by Jonathan King whilst at sea
Letter book 6, 1988, 2018 & 2019. Includes letters after the end of the First Fleet coastal voyage, letters regarding the First Fleet documentary film and television series

BOX 4
Journals of Jonathan King:
Journal 1: 1976-1977
Journal 2: 1980-1981
Journal 3: 1982-1983
Journal 4: 1983-1985
Journal 5: 1984
Journal 6: 1985
Journal 7: 1985
Journal 8: 1985

BOX 5
Journals of Jonathan King continued:
Journal 9: 1985-1986
Journal 10: March-June 1986
Journal 11: July-December 1986
Journal 12: December 1986
Journal 13: December 1986-April 1987
Journal 14: April-May 1987
Journal 15: February-July 1988
Pocket Notebooks:
Pocket Notebook 1. The start of the expedition from London to Portsmouth. H.M. Queen’s farewell: April 1987-May 1987
Pocket Notebook 2. Australian Day arrival: 26 January 1988

BOX 6
Diaries of Jonathan King, 1977-1982

BOX 7
Diaries of Jonathan King, 1983-1988

BOX 8
Folder 1. Commodore Michael Kichenside’s archives, including guide and summary of diary
Folder 2. An introduction and explanation of the role of the Australian Bicentennial Authority
Folder 3. Bill Fairbanks; confirmation of his role with the Australian Bicentennial Authority
Folder 4. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1980
Folder 5. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1981
Folder 6. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1982
Folder 7. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1983
Folder 8. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1984
Folder 9. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1985

BOX 9
Folder 1. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1986
Folder 2. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1987
Folder 3. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1987
Folder 4. Australian Bicentennial Authority correspondence, 1988

BOX 10
Folders 1 & 2. ‘Bill Fairbank’s folders,’ 1987-1988. Includes letters regarding the Australian Bicentennial Authority’s battle over its own $500,000 loan to the First Fleet Re-enactment. Fleet Re-enactment Company Pty Limited financial statements. Previously confidential historic letters and memos
Bill Fairbanks’ private unedited minutes of Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings, 1980-1985:
Folder 3. 1980-1982
Folder 4. 1983-1984
Folder 5. 1985

BOX 11
Bill Fairbanks’ private unedited minutes of Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings, 1986-1989:
Folder 1. 1986
Folder 2. 1987-1989
Guide to the official minutes of Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings
Copies of official minutes of Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings, 1980-1984:
Volume 1. February 1980-October 1981
Volume 2. November 1981-October 1982
Volume 3. February 1983-December 1983
Volume 4. February 1984-December 1984

BOX 12
Copies of official minutes of Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings, 1985-1989:
Volume 5. March 1985-August 1986
Volume 6. October 1986-October 1987
Volume 7. January 1988-November 1989
Bill Fairbank's record of conversations and personal notes:
Folder 1. Bill Fairbank’s record of conversations and personal notes, 1987-1988
Folder 2. Bill Fairbank’s record of conversations and personal notes, 1988-1989

BOX 13
Overview of the agendas for the Australian Bicentennial Authority Board Meetings
Agendas for Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings, 1987-1989:
Folder 1. February 1989-December 1988
Folder 2. December 1988-June 1988
Folder 3. June 1988-May 1988
Folder 4. March 1988-October 1987
Folder 5. September 1987-August 1987

BOX 14
Agendas for Australian Bicentennial Authority board meetings, 1986-1987:
Folder 1. June 1987-December 1986
Folder 2. December 1986-September 1986
Overview of the following items included in this box:
Folder 3. Voyage File #1 Receipts, deposits/instructions
West Indies report, 1984
Financial statements, 1988
Copy of ‘The Battle for the Bicentenary’, Jonathan King with David Iggulden. Milsons Point, N.S.W.: Hutchinson Australia, 1989

BOX 15
Annual Re-enactments, includes photographs, newspaper clippings and pamphlets, 1978-1987:
Folder 1. 1978
Folder 2. 1980
Folder 3. 1981
Folder 4. 1982
Folder 5. 1983
Folder 6. 1984
Folder 7. 1985
Folder 8. 1986
Folder 9. 1987
Folder 10. Daily Telegraph Australia Day 2003 official program, Australian Bicentenary: 1788-1988 pamphlet

Copyright restrictions may apply:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

This collection was rehoused after the creator's guides and contents lists, which form part of the collection, were created. Therefore box numbers may differ between the creator's guides and contents lists, and the Scope and Contents listing above.