DANIEL SOUTHWELL 1790-1: A List of Words used by the Natives of Port Jackson Transcribed by Keith V. Smith August 2002 Daniel Southwell. 1790-1. Southwell Papers. 1787-1793. Original MS 16,383:ff.147-9, British Library, London. AJCP Reel M1538, Mitchell Library, Sydney. From a letter sent to Southwell’s uncle, the Reverend Weeden Butler. ’Anon. note inserted before the letters: ’Danl Southwell belonged to the Ocean 6 M ... May till Nov. 13th from which Time ’till the ... of March 1782 he belonged to ye Monkey ... under the Command of Lieutt. Glasford f... 1st Lieutt. of ye Ocean then from ye 20th ... 2d of October 1782 he belong’d to the Perseus, thence to the Orpheus Mid ... ’till [10th Jany. 83 the...Aurora Mid till 12 may when Pd. off & put on Commission. was with Capt. Dacres in ye Mention’d Ships in the Aurora was ra... Midshipman during the Time ... belong... ’Southwell sailed as Mate in H.M.S. Sirius ... Botany Bay, 13th May 1787. The correspondence has been copied from the original letters; several ... in these supplied from not very exact copies of Southwell’s letters by the rev. W. Butler ...’ Daniel Southwell sailed as Mate on HMS Sirius to Sydney Cove. Governor Phillip put him in charge of the Look Out Post at Outer South Head, near The Gap (now Vaucluse). Southwell left Sydney on the Dutch snow Waaksamsheyd in March 1791. He was made a Lieutenant in February 1794 and died of wounds in Portugal in 1797. [Reel M1538: Southwell handwritten page number: 147-149 [No reel frame numbers] [LOCATED FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE END OF THE REEL] A List of such Words used by the Natives of New Holland, in the District of Port Jackson, New South Wales, as could be gathered from them; and expressed as nearly as possible according to their mode of Enunciation; To which are added, the Words in English, that most closely correspond to them. -------- A note at the front of the reel states: THIS FILM IS SUPPLIED BY THE BRITISH LIBRARY ONLY ON CONDITION THAT NEITHER IT NOR ANY PART OF IT IS FURTHER REPRODUCED WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD WHO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A CHARGE FOR SUCH REPRODUCTION. IF THE MATERIAL FILMED IS ITSELF IN COPYRIGHT THE PERMISSION IF THE OWNERS OF THAT COPYRIGHT WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED FOR SUCH REPRODUCTION. APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE SHOULD BE MADE IN WRITING GIVING DETAILS OF THE PROPOSED REPRODUCTION. The British Library Reference Division Reprographic Section: Gt Russell St, London WC1B 3DG Department MANUSCRIPT Shelf mark ADD 16381 Order SCH 67446 Title: LETTERS FROM D. SOUTHWELL, CONCERNING NEW SOUTH WALES, ETC. 1783-1793