Claim: Fort Dundas was constructed and proclaimed in 1824 on Trafalgar Day.
Evidence: The construction of a settlement began upon arrival on 27 September 1824. It was officially proclaimed on 21 October 1824, on Trafalgar Day. Fort Dundas was a short-lived British settlement on Melville Island between 1824 and 1828 in what is now the Northern Territory of Australia.