Letters from Port Essington, 1838-1845
By: compiled and edited by J.M.R. Cameron
Contributors: Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Publisher: Historical Society of the Northern Territory
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Darwin, N.T
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781876248390
Subjects: Correspondence; Discovery and exploration; Colonization; History
Notes: The letters in this volume were written from, or were about, Port Essington from its formation in 1838 until 1845. Port Essington (1838-1849) was the third British attempt to establish a permanent presence on Australia's northern coastline in the second quarter of the nineteenth century and followed earlier attempts at Melville Island (1824-1828) and Raffles Bay (1827-1829).

Includes bibliographical references.