Port Essington : The Historical Archaeology of a North Australian Nineteenth-Century Military Outpost.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Jim.

Series:

Studies in Australasian Historical Archaeology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Archaeology.

History--19th century.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Sydney University Press, 2008.

Summary:

In 1966 Jim Allen undertook the first professional excavation of European site in Australia. The 1840s military settlement of Victoria was established at Port Essington, the northernmost part of the Northern Territory and was the end point of Ludwig Leichhardt's epic journey in 1844-45. This settlement was the longest lived of three failed attempts by the British to establish a settlement on the northern coast of Australia before 1850. Its history reflects many of the dominant themes of wider colonial history - isolation, tropical disease, poorly equipped and inexperienced colonists, inept government bureaucracies and relations with the Indigenous population.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Dedication

Epigraph

CONTENTS

ABOUT THE SERIES

PRESIDENT’S INTRODUCTION

FOREWORD

A RETROSPECTIVE INTRODUCTION

ABBREVIATIONS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: THE PROBLEM DEFINED

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

FIELDWORK

THE SITE

EXCAVATIONS

DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES

CHAPTER 2: EXCAVATIONS AND ARCHITECTURE

VICTORIA RUBBISH DUMP (Code prefix VM)

VM surface collection

VM excavations

VICTORIA RUBBISH DUMP No. 2 (Code prefix VMII)

THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX

The Hospital Surface Collection (Code Prefix VH/S)

THE HOSPITAL (Code prefix VH)

VH architecture

VH excavations

HOSPITAL DISPENSARY (Code prefix VHD)

VHD architecture

VHD excavations

HOSPITAL KITCHEN (Code prefix VHK) Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Allen, Jim Port Essington

ISBN:

9781743321614

OCLC:

1441719974