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Australasia.- Australia.- Pamphlets.- Bond (George) A Brief Account of the Colony of Port-Jackson, in New South Wales...with an Interesting Account of the Murder of Mr.Clode..., 18pp., "sixth" [seventh] edition, [Ferguson 488; Wantrup 30], Dublin, for the Author, [?1810] bound after Concise History (A) of the English Colony in New South Wales...Customs of the Wandering Unfortunate Natives...Treatment and Behaviour of the Convicts & Free Settlers, second edition, aquatint frontispiece of aborigines (cropped with slight loss to caption at foot), [cf. Ferguson 391; not in Wantrup], G.Riley...Harris, [?1804] bound with Observations on that part of the Speaker's Speech, which relates to Trade, issue with catchword "ral" on p.43, 10 appendices on 6 sheets at end, 2 folding, Dublin, 1799 and Clare (John Fitzgibbon, Earl of) The Speech...of John, Earl of Clare, Lord High Chancellor or Ireland, in the House of Lords of Ireland...on Monday, February 10, 1800, half-title, final leaf of Appendix, C2 soiled at foot, Dublin, 1800 and [Johnson (William)] Reasons for Adopting an Union, between Ireland, and Great Britain, first edition, Dublin, 1799 and Castlereagh (Robert Stewart Lord) The Speech...to the House of Commons of Ireland...on...Union with Great Britain..., lacking final leaf, title stained, Dublin, 1800 and Address (An) to the Freemen of Derry...By a Freeman, ink stains to A1, [Not in ESTC], n.p., 1790 § French Fraternity and French Protection, as promised to Ireland...By an Friend to the People, first edition, Dublin, 1798 and [Tickell (Richard)] Anticipation: containing the Substance of His M_y's Most Gracious Speech to both H_s of P_l_t..., light damp-staining and worming (mostly marginal), manuscript note to foot of final leaf, Dublin, 1778, together 9 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, rubbed, old paper label at foot of spine, short splits to head of joints, 8vo ⁂ An interesting group of pamphlets relating to Australia, trade and Ireland. The first two are both scarce accounts of the colony of Port Jackson, the first European settlement in Australia. The first is a description of the convict system and corruption by an ensign in the New South Wales Corps who was ejected from the colony on Governor Hunter's recommendation in 1800. Despite the work being issued several times all editions are rare.