The Barsden Memoirs (1799-1816) - An Australian Transnational Adolescence

Covering the life of Josephus Henry Barsden from his birth to 16 years of age, the Barsden memoirs cover events from a Sussex smugglers’ inn, a convict ship to the colony of New South Wales, sealing and whaling expeditions to Van Diemen’s Land, and Barsden’s participation in a Tahitian civil war.