I have, etc.
A. PHILLIP.
NEW SOUTH WALES CORPS
+Source.+--Historical Records of Australia. Vol. I, p. 122; Vol. II, pp.
573-576
The New South Wales Corps was a body of soldiers forcibly recruited
to guard the convicts at Port Jackson. The soldiers quickly passed
from bullying the convicts to bullying the free population, and
assumed a high-handed attitude towards the Governor himself.
THE RIGHT HON. W.W. GRENVILLE TO GOVERNOR PHILLIP
Whitehall, _19th June 1789._
Sir,
The discontents which have prevailed in the marine detachment, and the
desire expressed by most of the officers and men to return home as soon
as they shall have performed the tour of duty they had undertaken, have
led to the making arrangements for relieving them. With that view His
Majesty has ordered a corps to be raised for that particular service,
consisting of three hundred rank and file and a suitable number of
officers under a Major-Commandant. This corps is ordered to be in
readiness for embarkation on the 1st of October next, and will, it is
expected, soon after that time proceed upon the voyage.
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