Hunter's journal observations | State Library of New South Wales

Hunter's journal observations

Instructions

Read the observations of the Indigenous people written in the journals of John Hunter who sailed with the First Fleet as second captain on board HMS Sirius.

What did he think the Indigenous people were like?

Source: John Hunter - journal kept on board the Sirius during a voyage to New South Wales, May 1787 - March 1791.

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