In 2000, the National Library acquired 9 maps, 9 paintings and a manuscript notebook from the First Fleet collection. Experience the wonder and peril of the voyage that changed Australian history, through the eyes of seventeen year old Midshipman George Raper.
  An introduction to George Raper  
The Raper Collection The Timeline  
   
  Raper Biography  

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