Original Ships Log

We are fortunate that we have many documents from the time of the original Lady Nelson including the ships logs.

Our thanks to Irene Schaffer whose dedicated research on the original Lady Nelson has provided many transcripts of the original ships logs

1800 Ships Log - London to Cape Verde Islands

1800 Ships Log - Cape Verde Islands to Cape Town, South Africa

1800 Ships Log - Cape Town to Sydney, Australia 

1802 Ships Log - Discovery of Port Phillip 

1803 Ships Log - Settlement at Risdon Cove

 

 

More Information on the Log Books of the Lady Nelson - Guttenberg Project

The log books of the Lady Nelson have additionally been transcribed by Ida Lee and available to read on the Guttenberg Project website:

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7509

Original Lady Nelson

1800 Ships Log - London to Cape Verde Islands

On the 13th of January, 1800 , the Lady Nelson hauled out of Deadman's Dock into the River
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