A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Watkin Tench
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Port Jackson ◽  
Complete Account

scholarly journals Alessandro Malaspina: An Italian/Spaniard at Port Jackson

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-48
Author(s):  
Laura Olcelli
Keyword(s):  
English Translation ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
British Colonialism ◽  
The South ◽  
Italian Peninsula ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Spanish Colonies ◽  
Port Jackson

Tuscan-born and Spanish-trained Alessandro Malaspina (1754-1810) captained the most significant scientific expedition ever launched by Spain in the years 1789-1794. After a survey of the Spanish colonies in America, he directed the course of the Descubierta towards the South Pacific and anchored at Port Jackson on 11 March 1793. In my essay I will scrutinize the New South Wales leg of Malaspina’s voyage account, comparing 'Viaje político-científico alrededor del mundo' (the original 1885 Spanish edition) and 'Journal of a Voyage by Alejandro Malaspina' (its 2001 English translation), and integrating them with the captain’s secret reports. The examination of Malaspina’s comments on the infant colony will simultaneously expose the Spanish attitude to early British colonialism in New South Wales, and help assess Malaspina’s complex role as the first explorer who reached Terra Australis from the Italian peninsula.

Morphologic and molecular redescription of Catostylus mosaicus conservativus (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae: Catostylidae) from south-east Australia

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 723-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael N Dawson
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Port Jackson ◽  
Oral Disk ◽  
South Eastern Australia

Two reciprocally monophyletic mitochondrial clades of the commercially valuable jellyfish Catostylus mosaicus are endemic to south-eastern Australia. Here, medusae in the two clades are shown to differ also in colour and in the dimensions of their papillae, oral disk, and bell depth. They are referred to two varieties recognized in 1884 by von Lendenfeld. The clade occupying localities adjacent to Bass Strait is redescribed as subspecies C. mosaicus conservativus; the clade from New South Wales and southern Queensland spans the type locality (Port Jackson) of C. mosaicus and is designated C. mosaicus mosaicus. Their ecology and colour, in the context of von Lendenfeld's original descriptions, and the implications for fisheries are discussed.

Fishing in Port Jackson, New South Wales–more than met the eye

Antiquity ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 69 (262) ◽  
pp. 47-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic Steele
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Shell Midden ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Fish Remains ◽  
Port Jackson

Contemporary diaries and the water-colours of artists such as the Port Jackson Painter vividly tell of Aboriginal life when the First Fleet in 1788 settled its cargo of convicts in Australia. Fishing was important around the waters of Port Jackson, whose Aboriginal inhabitants are recorded to have used the techniques of spear-fishing and angling. Were other methods also used? Fish remains from a shell midden provide an opportunity to investigate.

Bathymetric changes in three estuaries of the central New South Wales coast

1980 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 553 ◽  
Author(s):  
E Bryant
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Wave Climate ◽  
Wave Regime ◽  
Sea Levels ◽  
Northern European ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Marine Sand ◽  
Port Jackson ◽  
Bathymetric Changes

North American and northern European evidence suggests present infilling of estuaries with marine sediment as sea level has continued to rise. Along the New South Wales coast such infilling mainly has ended because sea levels have been stable since 6500 B.P. Bathymetric changes for the period 1868-1974 in three estuaries on the central coast of New South Wales show considerable contrast due to varying estuarine dynamics and sediment availability. Changes in Botany Bay have now stabilized or tended towards slight erosion (- 1332-1547 cm3 m-2 year-1) while changes within Port Jackson seaward of Bradley's Head (-7694 cm3 m-2 year-1) can be linked to dredging activities this century. In Broken Bay, substantial accretion has occurred at the ocean entrance (7684 cm3 m-2 year-1) and around Brisk Bay (5430 cm3 m-2 year-1). The former accretion can be attributed to movement of sediment landward of the 20-m contour under waves characteristic of the present wave regime, and to availability of sediment from adjacent semi-compartmentalized beaches. Such sediment movement and reservoirs do not exist at nearly as large a scale at the mouths of the other two Sydney estuaries. The latter accretion is coincident with the boundaries of marine sand intrusion up the estuary and of fluvial transport seawards. Because bathymetric change in areas of Broken Bay affected by ocean swell can be linked to wave hydrodynamics, changes in the wave climate such as increased storminess can lead to general bottom erosion. Such changes can also exacerbate erosion within Port Jackson and Botany Bay.

New Ampithoid Amphipods from Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia (Crustacea : Amphipoda : Ampithoidae)

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alistair G. B. Poore ◽  
James K. Lowry
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Port Jackson ◽  
First Time ◽  
One New Species ◽  
Pacific Species ◽  
Sydney Australia

Seven species of ampithoid amphipods are reported from subtidal macroalgae living in Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia. In the genus Ampithoe the Indo–West Pacific species Ampithoe kava Myers, 1985, is recorded for the first time from Australia, and two new species, A. caddi, sp. nov. and A. ngana, sp. nov., are described. One new species ofCymadusa,C. munnu, sp. nov., is described. The genera Exampithoe (Melanesius), Peramphithoe and Plumithoe are recorded for the first time from Australian waters. The new species E. (M.) kutti, sp. nov. and Peramphithoe parmerong, sp. nov. are described, and Plumithoe quadrimana (Haswell, 1879b), comb. nov. is redescribed and a neotype is selected. New ecological and behavioural information is presented for these species. A new key and diagnoses for all known genera of Ampithoidae are presented. Paradusa Ruffo, 1969 is synonomised with Cymadusa Savigny, 1816.Exampithoe (Melanesius) gracilipes Ledoyer, 1984 is transferred to Exampithoe (Exampithoe) and Cymadusa uncinata Stout, 1912 and C. variata Sheard, 1936 are transferred to Paragrubia.

Description of Metaprotella haswelliana (Mayer, 1882) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from Western Australia with designation of a neotype

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1466 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
ICHIRO TAKEUCHI ◽  
JAMES K. LOWRY
Keyword(s):  
Western Australia ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Type Specimens ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Port Jackson

Metaprotella haswelliana (Mayer, 1882), the type species of Metaprotella, was originally described from Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia and was reported from there in literature published between 1882 and 2003. However, the type specimens are lost and no further specimens could be found in recent surveys in New South Wales waters. The only current records are from Albany, Western Australia and from Port Phillip Bay, Victoria. Based on the materials from Western Australia, the poorly known type species, Metaprotella haswelliana is redescribed, a neotype is assigned, and the genus Metaprotella Mayer, 1890 is redefined.

Speculations on a spatial memory for the Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni) (Meyer) (Heterodontidae)

1995 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 861 ◽  
Author(s):  
AK O'Gower
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Memory ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Resting Sites ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Sydney Harbour ◽  
Port Jackson

SCUBA observations show that Port Jackson sharks repeatedly visit specific resting sites on ocean reefs at South Bondi (New South Wales) and, when disturbed, move directly from one site to another. The sharks also use specific resting sites in Sydney Harbour and, when transferred by boat to different localities within the harbour, up to 3 km away, return to their original resting sites. The sharks migrate from as far south as Tasmania to Sydney Harbour to lay their eggs in specific sites. Speculative extrapolation from the above observations suggests that Port Jackson sharks must have a highly developed spatial memory.

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