Journal of the proceedings on board the ship KATHERINE STEWART FORBES Capt. Chapman 1825:6 & 1829

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Journal of the proceedings on board the ship KATHERINE STEWART FORBES Capt. Chapman 1825:6 & 1829

Author Captain Ingram Chapman

Date1825 -1829

Object number00016857

NameLogbook

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsOverall: 390 x 250 mm, 1.95 kg
Display dimensions (Open): 385 x 510 mm

ClassificationsBooks and journals

Credit LineANMM Collection

DescriptionA ship's log kept by Captain Ingram Chapman onboard KATHERINE STEWART FORBES. The main part of the journal records a voyage from England to New South Wales via Van Dieman's Land and return via Calcutta, India, starting in 1825 and ending 1826. The outward journey delivered Governor Darling with his family and a detachment of troops to Australia. The log is written in a journal produced for the East India Company the printed title page reads 'Journal of the proceedings on board Honorable East-India Company's ship' with 'Katherine Stewart Forbes Capt. Chapman 1825:6 & 1829'
HistoryThe KATHERINE STEWART FORBES, with Governor Darling aboard, arrived in Sydney on "Saturday the 17 Th December. On the Monday following, His Excellency took the Oaths of Office, and assumed the Government. Owing, however, to the wetness of the weather, the public and official landing did not take place till the Tuesday, when the procession from the shore to Government-house was conducted in the most complete and splendid style; the whole of the troops, all the civil and military officers, and a greater concourse of spectators than perhaps ever before took place in the Australian world, being present on the auspicious occasion". (Hobart Town Gazette, Saturday 14 January 1826). Darling replaced Governor Brisbane and after arriving initially in Hobart and declaring a separate government of Van Diemen's Land, of which he was also Governor however, he travelled to Sydney and started his six year term at the expanding colony.

SignificanceThis log is very significant in terms of Australian history as it records the voyage which conveyed Governor Darling, his
family and a detachment of troops to Australiain 1825 - 26 .