Port Essington

Name: Port Essington
Brand: DEREK PUGH
Price: 39.99 AUD

The British in North Australia 1838-49

By: Derek Pugh

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Paperback | 28 September 2020

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300 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 1.88

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For many of the Royal Marines sent to Port Essington, life was a living hell of malaria, scurvy, termites, shipwrecks, cyclones, boredom, isolation and death. For one man, it was the 'most useless, ill-managed hold in Her Majesty's dominions' which deserved 'all the abuse that has ever been heaped upon it'.

But it wasn't always so: in the beginning, French visitors shared their best Bordeaux wines and partied at Government House; small boats raced in regattas across the harbour; men played cricket; and the gardens grew the best pineapples in the southern hemisphere.

Led by the stoic Captain John McArthur for 11 years, this is the story of the rise and fall of a peaceful little British village in the most distant part of the empire, and of how the chief occupation of the survivors became grave diggint.

About the Author

Derek Pugh is an award winning author of Northern territory settlement history and several other genres, His recent book 'Darwin: Origin of a City' was shortlisted for the Chief Minister's Book Award 2020.

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'A splendid read full of heartbreak, hope, despair, ambition and resilience'
Tom Pauling AO QC

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