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FIRST DISCOVERY OF PORT DAVEY AND MAO- 

 QUARIE HARBOUR, BY JAMES KELLY. 



[Note. — The MS. containing the following account is in 

 the Society's Library at Hobart, and owing to its great his- 

 torical interest the Council decided to publish same. The 

 Manuscript is in Kelly's handwriting, and apparently was 

 originally contained in two note books which have since 

 bean bound together as one. There is, in the Mitchell 

 Library, Sydney, another account of this voyage. It is not 

 in Kelly's handwriting, but is signed by him. The peculiar 

 fact is that this second account commences the voyage on 

 16th December, 1815, and concludes with the completion 

 of the journey on January 24th. 



The following account was evidently written some 

 time after the completion of the voyage. As far as a 

 printed copy will permit it is reproduced here exactly as 

 Captain Kelly wrote it. 



James Kelly was bom at Parramatta, N.S.W., on 24th 

 December, 1791. His parents do not appear to have been 

 in affluent circumstances. Although self-educated, James 

 Kelly's natural ability soon showed itself, as he rose from 

 cabin boy to commander. He later became the owner of 

 several ships trading out of Hobart. 



Captain Kelly was appointed Harbour Master for the 

 River Derwent on ISth April, 1819, and for many vears 

 lived at North Brnnv. He died on 20th April, 1859.— 

 Ed.] 



FIRST DISCOVERY OF PORT DAVEY AND MAC- 

 QUARIE HARBOUR, BY JAMES KELLY. 



on the 12th of December 1815 James Kelly Sailed from 

 Hobart Town in a Small Sized open five oared Whale 

 Boat to Examine the then Unknown West Coast of Van. 

 D. Land accompanied by the following Named four Men 

 as the Crew 



John Griffiths a Native of the Colony 

 George Briggs Do. 



William Jones Englishman 

 Thomas Toombs Do. 



