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The Remarkable Captain James Kelly of Van Diemens Land

The story of James Kelly, the son of a convict woman, who became the first Australian-born master mariner, a trader, explorer and entrepreneur.

Moving to Hobart Town in 1814, he continued his whaling and sealing adventures, including circumnavigating Van Diemen’s Land in 1815/16 in an open 30-foot five-oared whaling boat.