Nicholas Pateshall's diary: we began to make wells
Reproduction of Third Lieutenant Nicholas Pateshall's original diary entry, which includes the passage 'we began to make wells for the daily consumption of water.'
Third Lieutenant Nicholas Pateshall circa 1803. 42p document.
Accession number: MS13479
From the State Library of Victoria's Manuscripts Collection.
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It was now proposed and determined to fit the Launch and another boat for the purpose of surveying the harbour, and if possi-ble to find an eligible situation to establish the Colony. We began to make wells for the daily consumption of water, by boring holes in Casks, and sinking them in the low grounds even with the surface; this plan answered our purpose as well as could be expected but the water was brackish. -
