THE BOTANY BAYMEN: NOTES ON AUSTRALIA'S EARLY MARITIME TRADE THE BRITANNIA CASHBOOK.

The merchant vessel Britannia, under captain William Raven, arrived in New South Wales in 1792 with government stores. Its account book for the years 1792-97 provides valuable insight into the maritime economy of the early settlement, including the role which convict and emancipist traders, (both women and men), tradesmen and seamen played in servicing the visiting ships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]