No separate muster of the ship's company of the Lady Nelson can be found among the Public Records, but during the period that she was attached to H.M.S. Buffalo in New South Wales the names of her crew and of the supernumeraries sailing in her were inscribed in the books of that ship, four pages from which are here reproduced. The first three of these give the names of the officers and seamen who composed the complement of the Lady Nelson in 1801, 1803 and 1804. The fourth page is an extract from the Buffalo's own muster-roll when she conveyed the first Norfolk Island settlers to Port Dalrymple in 1805, the Government having decided to break up their settlement. Among the passengers on board the Buffalo were Mrs. Elizabeth Paterson the wife of the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Williams, Acting Surveyor-General, and Ann Williams, possibly a relative of his. With the Norfolk Island settlers was William Lee, to whom this volume is dedicated, then a lad ten years of age, who afterwards became one of the first pioneers in the Bathurst district.
The story of the Buffalo's arrival at Port Dalrymple is told in a letter written to Earl Camden by Colonel Paterson from Yorktown as follows:—
"On the 4th April H.M.S. Buffalo arrived from Port Jackson by which conveyance I received a proportion of such stores and provisions as could be spared, 120 ewes, 2 rams, 6 cows, 2 bulls, 1 mare, and 1 horse: 50 prisoners were also sent.
"Five settlers arrived at the same time from Norfolk Island with the Acting Surveyor-General to measure out the allotments necessary for them. Soon after their arrival I accompanied them to different situations as far as Supply River, which is about 10 miles from Headquarters. After examining the ground they chose their allotments on the banks of a run, 2 miles to the south-east of this place. Mr. Riley, Acting Deputy-Commissary, recommended also to have the advantages of free settlers, chose his ground also in this situation. They proceeded to clear the ground and to cultivate. Everyone exerted themselves as much as possible, but those who cultivated on the sides of the hills were deceived in their choice and too much disappointed in the first appearance of their crops, the low ground being also found subject to temporary floods. AS THEY WERE THE FIRST SETTLERS, I have recommended them to his Excellency, as a remuneration of their losses, to have grants of land on the north side of the main river Tamar extending up the river South Esk. My motive for recommending this situation is that they cannot fail in success as it is a part of the country the colony must look to for grain. The first twelve months being now past I have every reason to believe the greatest of our difficulties have been surmounted...It is not for me to presume to be acquainted with the particular causes which rendered it necessary this colony should be established, but if its desirable situation in the important passage of Bass Streights was one of the objects, it appears to me necessary that a large establishment should ever remain here while the interests of Great Britain are to be effected in this part of the world, and I can assure your Lordship I have seen no country yet that offers such inducements to be retained.*
I have, etc.,
W. PATERSON."
(* The remaining Norfolk Island Settlers were later on removed to Tasmania in different ships, the Lady Nelson conveying many of them to their new home. Historical Records of New South Wales volume 5 page 732.)
H.M.S. BUFFALO, SHIP'S MUSTER
H.M.S. BUFFALO, SHIP'S MUSTER
H.M.S. BUFFALO, SHIP'S MUSTER
Abbott, Captain E.
Abercrombie, Charles.
Albany Otway, Cape.
Albatross Islands.
Albion, the.
Alligator, H.M.S.
Aluta.
Amsterdam, Island of.
Anderson, Ensign.
Anna, Josepha.
Ann's Island.
Ann's Mountain.
Anson, H.M.S.
Apsley Strait.
Arthur's Seat.
Ash Island.
Baba Island.
Baba.
Babel Islands, see Cat Islands.
Baie du Nord.
Baillie, Ensign.
Ballinjoy.
Ball's Pyramid.
Banks, Cape.
Banks, Sir Joseph.
Barbin Reach.
Barlow, Captain Maurice.
Barnes, Farmer.
Barrallier, Ensign.his valuable charts.shoots a hawk.a cockatoo.suffers from sea-sickness.surveys harbour and river.
Barren, Cape.
Barren Island.
Barren Jowie.
Barren's Pool.
Barr Reach.
Bass, Dr. George.discovers Bass Strait.circumnavigates Tasmania.
Bass Strait.
Bastell.
Bathurst Islands.
Baudin, Commodore.in Encounter Bay.his Journals.writes to Governor King.
Bauer, F.
Bayley, Ensign.
Bay of Islands.
Bay of Seals.
Bay of Shoals.
Bee, The.
Belloe's Reach.
Bennilong's Point.
Betsy, The.
Big Stuck, the.
Bird Island.
Bligh, Governor.
Black, Captain.
Bond, Mr.
Boongaree.
Boswell, Mr.
Botany Bay.
Bowen, Lieutenant John.his Colony at Risdon.sent to Hobart.
Bowen, Mr.finds a canoe.his adventures among Bush Natives.captures seals.
Bower.
Bow Reach.
Boxhead.
Boyd.
Brabyn, Mr.
Brace, Cape.
Bradley's Head.
Branch Reach.
Brandt, Dr.
Breaksea Spit.
Bremer, Captain James Gordon.leaves England in the Tamar.his log-book.at Port Essington.arrives at Sydney.
Brett, Cape.
Bridgewater, Cape.
Britannia.
Britannia's Beach.
Britomart, H.M.S.
Broad Sound.
Broken Bay.
Brothers, the.
Brown, Robert.
Bruce, George.
Brunswick, the.
Budgeree Dick.
Buffalo, H.M.S.
Bungaree.
Bunker, Captain Ebor.
Bunn, Captain.
Burns, Captain.
Bustard Bay.
Byers, Captain.
Cabra.
Calcutta, H.M.S.
Caley, Mr.
Campbell, Captain.
Camp Cove.
Canberra.
Cape of Good Hope.
Capricorn, Cape.
Caroline, the.
Carpentaria, Gulf of.
Cascade.
Cataract River.
Cat Islands.
Cavanagh, James.
Cavalli Bay.
Cavalli Island.
Cavill's Island.
Churchill, John.
Churchill's Island.
Clark, Mark.
Clark's Island.
Coal Island.
Coal River, see Hunter's River.
Cockburn, Sir George.
Coepang.
Coggeshall.
Collier's Point.
Collins, Colonel.
Collins, William.
Colnett, Captain.
Commander, the.
Commodore, the.
Contest, the.
Cook.
Cornwallis, the.
Cornwallis Farm.
Countess of Harcourt, the.
Courtoys, George.
Crescent Reach.
Croker's Island.
Crownhead.
Cumberland Islands.
Cumberland, the.
Cummings, Mr.
Curtis, Admiral Sir Roger.
Curtoys, Commander George.
Cynthia.
D'Acunha, Tristan.
Danger, Cape.
Deadman's Dock.
Deptford.
Derwent, the (river).
Devil's Tower Island.
Diana Bay.
Diana, the.
Direction, Cape.
Double Island Point.
Double Peak.
Downs.
Dragon Island, see Laurence's Island.
Dromedary, Cape.
Druce, J.
Duke of Portland, the.
Durham, Captain.
Earl Cornwallis, the.
Earl, Mr.
East Cove.
East Indies.
Eastern Islands.
Eaton, Charles.
Eddystone Point.
Edwards, John.
Edwin, the.
Elephant Bay.
Elephant Rock.
Elizabeth's Cove.
Elliott, Mount.
Encounter Bay.
Endeavour, the.
Endeavour River.
Enterprise of Bordeaux.
Essington, the.
Estramina, the.
Euranabie.
Evans, Mr.
Everard, Lieutenant.
Faceing Island.
Faith, the.
Falmouth.
Farewell, Cape.
Ferret, the.
Fiji.
Five Islands.
Flat Island.
Flattery, Cape.
Flinders, Captain Matthew.his chart.arrives at Port Jackson.reaches Sandy Cape.names Port Bowen.names Mount Westall.loses his anchor.separates from Murray.meets Baudin in Encounter Bay.circumnavigates Tasmania.
Flinders' Island.
Flint and Steel Cove.
Fly, the.
Forbes Island.
Forbes, Mr.
Fort Dundas.
Fourcroy Island, see Lady Julia Island.
Foveaux, Major.
Fowler, Lieutenant.
France, Isle of.
Francis, the.
Frederick Henry Bay.
Freshwater Bay.
Fresh Water River.
Freycinet, Louis de.
Friars, the.
Furneaux, Captain.
Furneaux Islands.
Gambier's Mountain.
Garden Island.
Garlies, Viscount.
George, the.
George IV, King.
Giant Kingfisher, the.
Gigantic Hills.
Glass House Bay.
Glatton, the.
Glennie, George.
Glennie's Islands.
Gore, Mount.
Governor Hunter, the.
Governor King's Bay.
Governor King's Island.
Grafton, Cape.
Grand Capuchin Island, see also Flinders' Island.
Grant, Captain James.
Grant, Dr. J.R.
Grant, Lieutenant James.appointed to Lady Nelson.at Portsmouth.meets Dr. J.R. Grant.his journal.autograph.letter to Governor King.describes Churchill's Island.meets John Loft.and natives.resignation.character.receives a pension.death.
Grant's Point.
Gravesend.
Great Barrier Reef.
Great Islands, see Flinders' Islands.
Green Cape.
Greenhills.
Green Island.
Gull Island.
Hacking, Mr.
Halfway House, The.
Hamelin, Captain.
Harbinger Rock.
Harbinger, the.
Harrington, the.
Harris, Dr.
Harris Island.
Hawke, the.
Hawkesbury River.
Hayes, Mr.
Haycock Rock, West.
Heads, the.
Hervey Bay.
Hillsborough, Cape.
Hill View.
Hobart.
Hole in the Wall, the.
Honduras, the.
Hope, the.
Hope Point.
Horn, Cape.
Houston, Captain.
Howe, Cape.
Howick Group.
How's Islands.
Hummocky Island.
Hunson's Bay.
Hunter River.
Hunter's Island.
Hussar.
Imperieuse, H.M.S.
Indian Archipelago.
Indian Head.
Integrity, the.
Investigator, the.with the Lady Nelson.fires her guns.runs aground.
James, the.
Jervis Bay.
Johns, Captain.
Johnston, John.
Joseph Druce, the.
Judgment Rock.
Kable & Underwood, Messrs.
Kable, Henry.
Kent, Captain William George Carlile.
Kent Group.
Kent's Bay.
Kent's Burn.
Keppel Bay.
Keppel, Cape.
Keppel Island.
King, Captain Phillip Parker.
King, Elizabeth.
King George's Sound.
King, Governor.letters to Grant.to Banks.to Collins.instructions to Grant.letters from Grant.from Baudin.from Collins.appoints John Murray Commander of the Lady Nelson.confirms appointment of Symons.instructions to Murray.consulted by Captain Flinders.charters Albion Whaler.arranges for settlement at Newcastle.
King Island.
King of Spain.
King's Cove.
Kingstown.
King's Yard, the.
Knight, Mr.
Knuckle Point.
Kolff, Lieutenant.
Labilliere, F.P.
Lacy, Mr.
Lady Julia Island.
Lady Nelson, the.first vessel to sail through Bass Strait.important part in the discovery of Australia.charts the coastline of Victoria.her logbooks.memorable voyages.description.nicknamed "His Majesty's Tinderbox."at Portsmouth.leaves England.fired on by the Hussar.anchors at St. Iago.at the Cape of Good Hope.falls in with whales.at Sydney.at Jervis Bay.meets the Cornwallis.Murray succeeds Grant as Commander.voyage to Norfolk Island.in Diana Bay.at Kent's Group.at Port Phillip.sails to the Hawkesbury.in difficulties.with the Investigator.at Sandy Cape.explores coral reefs.loses an anchor.commanded by George Courtoys.in Sydney Cove.commanded by James Symons.repairs in Twofold Bay.last voyage from Sydney.her end.
Lady Nelson Reef.
Lady Nelson's Point.
Lady Nelson's Port.
Lagoon Reach.
Las Palmas.
Launceston.
Lawrence's Islands.
Lawson, Ensign.
Lay Island Reach.
Le Corre, Captain.
Lewin, Cape.
Lewin, Mr.
Linnaeus.
Lion's Mount.
Lion's Rump.
Liptrap, Cape.
Liptrap, John.
Loft, John.
Long Island.
Long Reach.
Long Reef.
Lookout Bay.
Lord Howe Island.
Lord, Simeon.
Louron.
Lover's Leap Reach.
Low Island.
Luck, Andrew.
Luxmore Head.
Mackellar, Lieutenant.
Maclean, Captain.
M'Millan's Burn.
Macquarie, Major-General.
Macquarie, Mrs.
Madeira.
Malay.
Mangrove Point.
Mangrove Reach.
Maoris, the.
Marcia, the.
Marengo, Cape, see Albany Otway.
Margaret Island.
Margaret, the.
Maria Isle.
Maria Van Diemen, Cape, see North-West Cape.
Marsden, Reverend Samuel.
Martha, the.
Mary, Poor.
Matuapo.
Mauritius.
Melbourne.
Melville Island.
Melville, Cape.
Menzies, Lieutenant.
Mermaid, the.
Mertho, Captain.
Mid Hummock.
Mileham, Mr.
Milkmaid Reach.
Miller, George.
Millet Island Reach.
Missing, John.
Moncur, Captain.
Moncur's Island.
Montaigne, Cape.
Montesquieu, Cape, see Bridgewater, Cape.
Moore, Thomas.
Moreton Bay.
Moreton Island.
Moss, Isaac.
Mount Albany.
Mount Dromedary.
Mount Egerton.
Mountgarrett, Mr.
Mount Pitt.
Mount Warning.
Mowpath.
Mullet Island.
Mullet Island Reach.
Murray, Lieutenant John.appointed Commander of the Lady Nelson.receives instructions from Governor King.his charts.first sight of Port Phillip.enters the Port.his Log.letter from R.B. Wood.punishes the crew for drunkenness.for falling asleep on watch.captures kangaroos.shoots swans.ducks.catches swans.and natives.names Elephant Bay.Port King.Maria Isle.returns to Western Port.sees a snake.autograph.superseded by George Curtoys.
Murray's Passage.
Nanbury.
Nancy, the.
Naturaliste, the.
Nelson, Cape.
Nepean Island.
Nepean, Point, see Repear, Point.
Nepean, Secretary.
Neutral Bay.
Newcastle.
New Holland.
New South Wales Corps.
New Zealand.
Nobby's, the, see Coal Island.
Noble Rock.
Norfolk Islands.
Norfolk, the.
North Cape.
Northern Island.
North Esk.
North Head.
North Head Point.
North Point Island.
Northumberland, Cape of.
Northumberland Islands.
North-West Cape.
Ocean, the.
One Tree Reach.
Orang Kaire.
Otaheitan.
Otway, William Albany, R.N.
Outer Cove.
Outermost Rock.
Oxley, Lieutenant.
Oyster Bay.
Oyster Island.
Palmer, Mr.
Pasture Plains.
Paterson Cape.
Paterson, Colonel.discovers copper.names Ann's Mountain.Elizabeth's Mountain.
Patriarchs, the.
Patton's Cape.
Peak.
Peak of Pines.
Percy Islands.
Percy, Lady Julia.
Peron.
Phillip Islands.
Pier Head.
Pigeon House.
Pinch Gut Island.
Pines, Hill of.
Pine Island.
Piper, Ensign.
Pitt, Mount.
Pittwater.
Plate River.
Point Barlow.
Point Cockburn.
Point Danger.
Point Hicks.
Point How.
Point Palmer.
Point Paterson.
Point Pocock.
Point Rapid.
Point Record.
Point Schanck.
Point Stephens.
Point Upright.
Porpoise, H.M.S.
Port Number 2.
Portland Bay.
Portland, Duke of.
Portland Reach.
Port Aitkin.
Port Bowen.
Port Cockburn.
Port Curtis.
Port Dalrymple.
Port du Debut.
Port Essington.
Port Hicks.
Port Jackson.
Port Jackson Heads.
Port King.
Portland Head.
Port Macquarie.
Port Phillip.
Port Praya.
Portsmouth.
Port Stephens.
Power, Mr.
Preservation Island.
Pugh's Reach.
Pure Island.
Putland, Lieutenant.
Pyramid, the.
Rabbit Island.
Raby, Mr.
Ralphes Bay.
Ram Head.
Ramsgate.
Raven, the.
Reid, Mr.
Reid's mistake.
Repear, Point.
Resource, the.
Rhodes, Captain.
Richelieu, Cape.
Rio de Janeiro.
Risdon.
Risdon Cove.
Risdon's Island.
Robbins, Lieutenant.
Roberts, John.
Rocky Island.
Rodondo Island.
Rodondo Rock.
Roe, Lieutenant.
Rose Bay.
Rothesay Hills.
Ruff Trees.
Rugged, Mount.
Rusden.
Rushford, Mr.
Rushworth, Mr.
Sackville Reach.
St. Iago.
St. Servan.
Salt Water Lagoon.
Sampson's Farm.
Sandy Cape.
Sandy Point.
Saxe Coburgs Range.
Schanck, Cape.
Schanck, Captain John, R.N.
Shanck Forest.
Schanck, Mrs.
Sea Elephant Bay.
Seal Bay.
Seal Islands.
Seal Reef.
Seal Rocks.
Sea Lyon Island.
Sentry Box Reach.
Serwatti Islands.
Settlement, the.
Seven Reaches.
Shag Rock.
Shark Island.
Shoal Water Bay.
Shot Snake Reach.
Shirly, Thos.
Simon's Bay.
Sir Roger Curtis's Island.
Sir William Grant's Cape.
Sisters Islands.
Smoaky Cape.
Snapper Island.
Snug Cove.
Solicitor, Cape, see Montaigne Cape.
Solitary Islands.
Sophia, the.
South Cape.
South Esk.
South Head.
South Hogan's Group.
Sow and Pigs.
Spectacle Reach.
Spithead.
Stack Rocks.
Stainforth's Cove.
Stanley, Lieutenant Owen.
Stedcombe, the.
Stoney Head.
Stoney Peak.
Storehouse Islands.
Storm Bay Passage.
Strong Tide Passage.
Suffrein, Cape, see Patton's Cape.
Sugar Loaf Hill.
Sugar Loaf Island.
Sullivan's Cove.
Sunday Islands.
Supply, H.M.S.
Surabaja.
Surprise, the, see Diana, the.
Swaine and Campbell, Messrs.
Swan Isles.
Swan Point.
Swan Pond.
Sydney.
Sydney Bay.
Sydney Cove.
Sydney Harbour.
Symons, Lieutenant James.succeeds Curtoys.sails to Port Dalrymple.his log.sent to Jervis Bay.leaves for Sydney with Governor King.his autograph.
Table Bay.
Table Hill.
Tamar, H.M.S.
Tamar River.
Tasmania.
Tellicherry.
Tepa.
Thames, River.
Thirsty Sound.
Thompson, Captain.
Thracian, the.
Three Hummock Island.
Three Kings Island.
Timor.
Timor, Island of.
Timor Laut.
Tippahee.
Titteranee, Island of.
Tollemache, George.
Tookee.
Torres Strait.
Tortoise Point.
Tourville Bay, see Portland Bay.
Townsend, Cape.
Tozer, Mr. William.
Trial, the.
Tribulation, Cape.
Tucker, John.
Tunitico.
Turnbull, Captain.
Turner, Dr.
Turtle Islands.
Twentyday Island.
Twofold Bay.
Upper Head.
Upper Island.
Underwood, Mr.
Union, the.
Vancouver's Track.
Van Diemen, Cape.
Van Diemen's Land, see also Tasmania.
Victoria.
Volshawn, Mr.
Wangaroa.
Warning, Mount.
Warren, Robert.
Waterhouse Island.
Watering Island.
Watering Place.
Watson, Captain Thos.
Wednesday and Thursday Islands.
Wellesley, the.
Westall, Mr.
West Cove.
Western Arms, the.
Western Port.
West India Fleet.
West Indies.
Whypopoo.
Wide Bay.
Wight, Captain.
Wight's Land.
Williams, Mr.
Williamstown.
Willis, Henry.
Wilson, Mr.
Wilson's Promontory.
Wiwiki, Cape, see Point Pocock.
Wolsey, Jeremiah.
Wongaroa Islands.
Wood, R.B.
Woodriff, Captain.
Yacaaba, see Port Stephens.
Yates, George.
York, Cape.
Yorktown.