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First fleet and early settlement: a digitised suite of first-hand accounts, diaries and letters written by men and women who emigrated to Australia in the first fleet

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The University of Sydney Library reserves copyright of the electronic publications within this collection. The University of Sydney Library has made every effort to ensure the print publications upon which the digitised files are based are free of copyright.

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The electronic publications are available to the public for the purposes of private study and research. Texts and images may not be used for any commercial purpose without persmission from the University of Sydney Library. Texts are not to be mounted on another server for public or commercial access without permission. Links may be made to this site from another site, subject to the conditions of use.

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The first fleet and early setttlement collection is a digitised suite of first-hand accounts, diaries and letters written by men and women who emigrated to Australia in the first fleet, and in the early period of settlement in New South Wales.  The first fleet and early settlement collection and supporting website is the outcome of a joint project between the University of Sydney Library and the State Library of New South Wales. 

The original letters and diaries were transcribed, and the transcriptions encoded in TEI XML format.  Digitised versions of the texts are presented in TEI and PDF format via the Australian Digital Collections website, which is hosted by the University of Sydney Library.

Data time period: 1788 to 1820

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Australian History (Excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Historical Studies | History and Archaeology |

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