Person

Bruny d'Entrecasteaux, Joseph-Antoine Raymond (1739 - 1793)

Born
1739
Aix, France
Died
20 July 1793
at sea
Occupation
Explorer and Naval officer

Summary

Joseph-Antoine Bruny d'Entrecasteaux commanded a French expedition consisting of the vessels "Recherche" and "Esperance" which visited Australia and the Pacific in search of La Perouse (1791-1793). Naturalists on the voyage included J.J.H. Labillardiere and C.A.G. Riche. He joined the navy at 15, served in seven years war, in peace served in Mediterranean and Indian Oceans. Appointed commander of the Indian Station of the French navy in 1786, later appointed governor of Ile de France and Ile Bourbon, Indian Ocean.

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Joseph Antoine Bruni d' Entrecasteaux - Records, 1789 - 1794, B1213-60; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Johnson, Dianne, Bruny d'Entrecasteaux and his Encounter with Tasmanian Aborigines: from Provence to Recherche Bay (Lawson, N.S.W.: Blue Mountain Education and Research Trust, 2012), 121 pp. Details
  • Plomley, Brian; and Piard-Bernier, Josiane, The general: the visits of the expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteuax to Tasmanian waters in 1792 and 1793 (Launceston, as.: Queen Victoria Museum, 1993), 379 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Carr, S. G. M.; and Carr, D. J., 'A charmed life: the collections of Labillardiere' in People and plants in Australia, Carr, D. J. and Carr, S. G. M., eds (Sydney: Academic Press, 1981), pp. 79-115. Details
  • Marchant, Leslie R., 'Bruny D'Entrecasteaux, Joseph-Antoine Raymond (1739-1793) admiral and navigator' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 171-172. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010155b.htm. Details
  • Mulvaney, John, 'Meeting the Tasmanians' in Rediscovering Recherche Bay, Mulvaney, John and Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh, eds (Canberra: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia for the National Academies Forum, 2007), pp. 59-68. Details

Edited Books

  • Douglas, Bronwen; Veys, Fanny Wonu; and Lythberg, Billie eds, Collecting in the South Sea: the voyage of Bruni d'Entrecasteaux 1791-1794 (Leiden, Netherlands: Sidestone Press, 2018), 340 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Harrison, Carol E., 'Projections of the Revolutionary Nation: French Expeditions in the Pacific, 1791-1803', Osiris, 24 (2009), 33-52. Details

Resources

See also

  • Mulvaney, John and Tyndale-Biscoe, Hugh eds, Rediscovering Recherche Bay (Canberra: Academy of Social Sciences in Australia for the National Academies Forum, 2007), 156 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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