Research Catalog

Title

• The British in North Australia : Fort Dundas 1824-29 / Derek Pugh.

Author

Pugh, Derek

Publication

• Rapid Ck, N.T. Derek Pugh , 2017.
• ©2017.

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Details

Description

xix, 200 pages. : illustration, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

Fort Dundas was the first outpost of Europeans in Australia's north. It was a British fortification manned by soldiers, marines and convicts, and built by them on remote Melville Island in 1824. It lasted until February, 1829, when it was abandoned and left to the termites.

Subject

• Aboriginal Australians > Melville Island > Relations with British
• Australian
• Fort Dundas (N.T.) > History
• Fortification > Fort Dundas > History
• Great Britain > History
• Melville Island (N.T.) > History
• Prisoners > Fort Dundas > History
• Tiwi (Australian people) > Relations with British

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

London 1823 -- Sydney 1824 -- Melville Island 1824 -- Barlow -- Campbell -- Hartley -- The convicts -- The Tiwi -- Pirates -- The success and the failure -- The archaeology -- Fort Dundas 2016 -- Appendices: Appendix 1: List of ship's company -- Appendix 2: List of officers and men : the 3rd Regiment of Foot; The marines; The 57th Regiment of Foot; HMS Lady Nelson; HMS Mermaid -- Appendix 3: List of convicts -- Appendix 4: List of those who died : convicts; marines; soldiers; others -- Appendix 5: List of other ships : HMS Mermaid; HMS Isabella/Essington; HMS Sir Phillip Dundas; HMS Amity; HMS Mary Elizabeth; HMS Governor Phillip; HMS Success; The brigs Marcus and Ann; HMS Slaney; HMS Lome -- Appendix 6: Fort Wellington, Raffles Bay.

ISBN

• 9780992355869
• 0992355869

OCLC

962341468

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library