Forsaken Settlement: An Illustrated History of the Settlement of Victoria, Port Essington, North Australia 1838-1849 by Peter G Spillett

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Foxing of foredges and introductory pages. Previous owner has signed inside cover.

The military establishment of Victoria Settlement, Port Essington, was located on the Coburg Peninsula in the Northern Territory. It was one of the most disastrous attempts by the British at colonial settlement. Established in 1838 and disbanded by 1849, it became a ghost town.