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Forsaken Settlement: An Illustrated History of the Settlement of Victoria, Port Essington, North Australia 1838 – 1849

Spillett, Peter G.
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The military establishment of Victoria, Port Essington, not far from today’s city of Darwin, was one of the most disastrous British attempts at colonial settlement. #1214/0820 196 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. (Name on prelim.)


Settlement and contacts – Settlers. | Marrgu / Margu people (N45) (NT SC53-13) | Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850. | Settlement and contacts – Macassans and Indonesians. | Trade and exchange. | Iwaidja / Yiwayja / Yiwadya people (N39) (NT SC53-13) | Settlement and contacts – Explorers. | Wurangu people (N37) (NT SC52-16) | Environment – Climate and weather – Storms. | Victoria (N.T.) — History. | Port Essington (N.T.) — History. | Victoria (Vic) | Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13) | Sydney (NSW SI56-05) | Tiwi Islands (NT SC52-15

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AuthorSpillett, Peter G.
Number of pages196
PublisherLandsdowne Press
Year Published1979
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket

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