Journal of Lieutenant I. Farqueson on voyage round the world, August 1806-October 1810

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The early pages refer to Morocco. In May-July 1808 Farqueson accompanied Colonel J. Foveaux on a voyage on Sinclair from Europe to Sydney via Rio de Janeiro and Bass Strait. He remained in N.S.W. for over 18 months, and the journal refers to the overthrow of Governor W. Bligh, Colonel W. Paterson, J. Macarthur, R. Campbell, Sir Henry Hayes, visits to Parramatta and the Hawkesbury District, court martials, pardons granted to Irish convicts, reports of war in Tahiti, the massacre of the Boyd, and the arrival of Governor L. Macquarie. Farqueson left Sydney with Foveaux on the Recovery on 18 March 1810. They sailed to New Zealand where they investigated the Boyd massacre, before returning to England via Cape Horn and Rio de Janeiro.

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