• Title
  James Wilshire journal kept on board the 'Royal Admiral' from England to New South Wales, 5 May-16 July 1800
• Creator
  James Wilshire, 1770-1840
• Call number
  MLMSS 1296
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  5 May-16 July 1800
• Type of material
  Textual Records
• Reference code
  422165
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 volume of textual material
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  James Wilshire came to N.S.W. on the Royal Admiral, which on this voyage carried mainly convicts, to take up an appointment as a clerk with the Commissariat. He later had a business as a tanner in the colony.
• Scope and Content
  'Journal.... kept on board the Royal Admiral.... from England to New South Wales' 5 May - 16 July 1800. This incomplete journal describes the first 10 weeks of a voyage which lasted seven months. It includes many references to the behaviour of convicts on board, and to the officers and crew. Wilshire describes how the free passengers formed watches among themselves because they feared rebellion by the ship's crew.
• Finding Aids
  Transcript available online - acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D33363/a1245.pdf
• Description source
  
  Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-120B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012
• General note
  
  Microfilm copy available at CY 1389, frames 1-41. Digitised from microfilm, 2007
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823505
• Name
  Royal Admiral (Ship)
  Wilshire, James, 1770-1840
  
• Subject
  Transportation of convicts.
  Voyages and travels.
  Convict ships.
  Public officers--New South Wales.
  Diaries.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE4381770

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