An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.

"An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1" by David Collins is a historical record of the establishment of the English penal colony in New South Wales in the late 1700s. The story begins by describing the initial preparations for the colony, including the selection of the first convicts and their arduous journey by ship to Botany Bay. It highlights the hardships endured by both the transported convicts and the settlers and the ways they interacted with Native people. The account outlines how the fleet was equipped and how they organized the journey across the ocean. The author sets up the colony's first issues, how it was governed, and the complicated relationships with the Indigenous population.