Richard Siddins of Port Jackson.

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(Canberra 1984). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (x 152pp.). With 12 pages of illusts. and end-paper maps. Fine. (Roebuck Soc. Public.). NOTE: Richard Siddins was a merchant sea captain sailing out of Port Jackson from 1804 to 1822. He was involved in sealing and sandalwood expeditions trading through the Pacific to China. He became a Port Jackson pilot and later superintendent of South Head Lighthouse.