There Were Three Ships : The Story of the Camden Harbour Expedition 1864-5

From Clunes To The Kimberley. In November 1864, three heavily laden ships sailed from Melbourne and its old sea port of Williamstown, bound for a land of promise. They carried 120 men, women and children from gold-mining and farming communities and thousands of heads of livestock. Their destination: an isolated bay in the unexplored territory of far north-western Australia. But Utopia became a hell. #0415/0321 (Prev ownership name. small spot of soiling on prelim.)

Story of the doomed settlement on the Kimberley coast in north- west Australia. In 1864, 124 men, women and children from Victoria were lured to a land ravaged by drought, many finding an early grave there. The author combines detailed research with an easy narrative style for a readable history of the event. Brecknock Harbour Region (W.A.)