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First fleet surgeon : the voyage of Arthur Bowes Smyth / David Hill.

First fleet surgeon : the voyage of Arthur Bowes Smyth / David Hill.
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ISBN 9780642278623 :
Author Hill, David, 1946- (author)
Title First fleet surgeon : the voyage of Arthur Bowes Smyth / David Hill.
Portion of title Voyage of Arthur Bowes Smyth.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Canberra, A.C.T. National Library of Australia, [2015]
©2015
Description x, 210 pages : colour illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index.
Summary In March 1787, Arthur Bowes Smyth took on the job of ship's surgeon aboard the Lady Penrhyn, one of the 11 ships of the First Fleet. He was responsible for the health and survival of the crew and for more than 100 women who had been sentenced to transportation. His journal provides a rare glimpse into the character and lives of the first women brought as convicts to Australia.
Subjects Smyth, Arthur Bowes, -- 1750-1790
Lady Penrhyn (Ship)
Transportation of convicts -- Australia
Surgeons -- Australia -- Diaries
Physicians -- Australia -- Diaries
First Fleet, 1787-1788
Call number 2017.016
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A00870488 2017.016
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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