Blanche

Sent to Australian Station, including NZ, Solomons, Fiji arriving April 1868;
policing the labour trade and searching for 'pirate' Captain 'Bully' Hayes;
10 detailed letters 26/1/72 - Jan 74, (when transferred to Pearl), by Mid Robert Horace Walpole, acquired by NL, Canberra, 1997 (also comments on the fate of deserters & character of his superiors);