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Tuna

John Hunter (1737—1821)
Albacore [Tuna of uncertain identity]
plate 64 of Birds and Flowers of New South Wales Drawn On the Spot in 1788, ’89 & ’90 1788—1790
sketchbook of 100 watercolours; 22.8 x 18.5 cm
NK2039

1792
February
14
Sydney Cove’s first retail shop opens

April
21 Two French ships Recherche, under the command of Joseph-Antoine Raymond Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, and Esperance arrive at Recherche Bay, Van Diemen’s Land, en route to the Pacific to investigate the fate of La Perouse's expedition

July
14 The Home Secretary authorises Phillip to make land grants to civil and military officers

November
1
The Philadelphia is the first foreign trading vessel to visit Sydney

December
10
Phillip sails for England taking Bennelong and Yermmerawannie

11 Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose becomes administrator of the colony. He was also Commandant of the NSW Corps

24 The American trading vessel Hope arrives in Sydney. Grose is obliged to buy 34,095 litres of spirits in order to obtain other cargo