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Port Essington


This guide was developed for people who are interested in the history of Port Essington. Resources include books, journal articles, photographs, and relevant websites are also listed.

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Books
  • An Australian Parsonage or the Settler and the Savage in Western Australia. Facsimile ed. 1980
    Millett, Mrs. Edward.
    B994.103 MIL
  • An empty land, pioneers and pioneering in Australia. 1934
    Kirwan, Sir John
    NTC 919.429 KIR
  • An untamed territory: the Northern Territory of Australia. 1915
    Masson, Elsie R.
    NTC 919.429 MAS
  • Australia’s first Victoria: a history of the settlement of Victoria, Port Essington, Northern Australia, 1838-1949. 1985
    Spillett, Peter.
    NTC 994.295 SPI
  • Australia’s Frontier Province. 1950
    Abbott, Charles Lydiard Aubrey.
    NTC 994.29 ABB
  • The Beginning of the end. [1984?]
    Balodis, Janis.
    NTC PAM A822.3 BAL
  • Bibliography of the Northern Territory of Australia. 1903
    Gill, T.
    NTC FOL 016.91942 GIL
  • By Flood and field, adventures ashore and afloat in Northern Australia. 1912
    Searcy, Alfred
    994.29 SEA
  • Conservation of historic structures at Victoria, Port Essington, Northern Territory: a report for the Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory. 1984
    Dermoudy, Peter.
    Q 994.295 DER
  • Discoveries in Australia with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle…
    Stokes, John Lort
    910.9 STO
  • The Earliest settlements in the Northern Territory of Australia. 1913
    Campbell, W.S.
    PAM 994.2902 CAM
  • Enterprise, discoveries and adventure in Australia. 1846
    Earl, George Windsor.
    NTC 919.429 EAR
  • Enterprise in tropical Australia. 2002
    Earl, George Windsor.
    NTC 994.295 EARL
  • Explorer at rest: Ludwig Leichhardt at Port Essington and on the homeward voyage, 1845-1846. 1986
    Leichhardt, Ludwig.
    NTC 919.429 LEI
  • Extracts from the private log of I.Beckford. Simpson, Master of Barque “General Palmer” when employed by Her Majesty’s Colonial Government to make enquires after Dr. Leichhardt and his party. 1951
    Simpson, I. Beckford
    NTC Q 910.9 SIM
  • Far country, a short history of the Northern Territory. 2000
    Powell, Alan Walter.
    994.29 POW
  • The Farthest coast, a selection of writings relating to the history of the northern coast of Australia. [1969]
    Macknight, Charles Campbell
    NTC 919.429 MACK
  • First Lady, the study of H.M.S. Lady Nelson. 1982
    Paul, Lorraine,
    NTC 910.9 PAU
  • Forsaken settlement: an illustrated history of the settlement of Victoria, Port Essington North Australia, 1838-1849.
    Spillett, Peter G.
    NTC 994.295 SPIL
  • Fought and won. 1922
    Lewis, John.
    NTC 919.4 LEW
  • The Founding of the Roman Catholic Church in Oceania.1979
    Wiltgen, Ralph M.
    282.9 WILT
  • The Front door Darwin 1869-1969
    Lockwood, Douglas.
    NTC 994.295 LOC
  • Ghost towns of Australia. 1975
    Farwell, George.
    NTC Q 919.4 FAR
  • Historical Geographical survey of part of Northern Australia. 2 parts. Part 2: “Historical geography of white settlement in part of Northern Australia”
    Canberra: CSIRO, 1959-1964
    NTC SP COLL 994.295 BAUE
  • The History and problems of the Northern Territory
    Price, A.G
    NTC SP COLL 994.29 PRI
  • The History of the Catholic Church in Western Australia. 1979
    Bourke, O.F.
    NTC 282.941 BOUR
  • In Australian tropics. 1907
    Searcy, Alfred
    NTC 994.29 SEA
  • Journey triumphant. 1955
    Beard, William.
    NTC PAM A821.3 BER
  • A Land full of possibilities: a history of South Australia’s Northern Territory. 1981
    Donovan, P.F.
    NTC 994.29 DON
  • Letters from Port Essington, 1838-1845.
    1999
    Compiled and edited by J.M.R Cameron. 994.29502 LETT
  • A Mother’s offering to her children by a lady long resident in New South Wales.
    1979
    NTC A823.1 LAD
  • Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia performed between the years 1818 and 1822. 2 volumes
    King, Phillip Parker
    NTC 910.9 KIN
  • Narrative of a voyage around the world, comprehending an account of the wreck of the ship “Governor Ready” in Torres Straits…
    Wilson, T.B
    NTC SP COLL 910.9 WIL
  • Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S Fly, commanded by Captain F.P Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago… 2 volumes
    Jukes, J. Beete
    SP COLL 910.9 JUK
  • Rattlesnake Commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley during the years 1846-1850. Narrative of the voyage of the H.M.S 1967. Facsimile ed.
    MacGillivray, John
    NTC 910.9 MACG
  • North Australia. 1941
    Conigrave, C. PriceNTC 919.4295 CON
  • In Northern seas, being Mr. Alfred Searcy’s experiences on the North Coast of Australia.
    1905
    Searcy, Alfred
    NTC Q 994.29 SEA
  • The Northern Territory as it is, a narrative of the South Australian Parliamentary party’s trip and full descriptions of the Northern Territory, its settlements and industries. 1882
    Sowden, William J.
    SP COLL 919.429 SOW
  • Northmost Australia, three centuries of exploration, discovery and adventure in and around the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, with a study of the narratives of all explorers… 2 volumes. 1921
    Jack, Robert Logan.
    NTC SP COLL 919.438 JAC
  • “Of the hut I builded”: the archaeology of Australia’s history. 1988
    Connah, Graeme.
    Q 994 CON
  • Past and present and men of the times. 1897
    Barry, W. Jackson.
    SP COLL B919 BAR
  • Proposed overland route to Port Essington. Report from the select committee on the proposed overland route to Port Essington with appendix and minutes of evidence.
    New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. 1843
    NTC PAM 388.10904 NEW
  • Rebuilding the beacon: Port Smith, Port Essington. 1992
    Flynn, Frank.
    623.8944 FLYN
  • Remarks on board His Majesty’s Ship Tamar
    Ennis, Henry
    Q 910.9 ENN
  • The Territory: a sprawling saga of Australia’s tropic north. 1951
    Hill, Ernestine.
    NTC 994.29 HILL
  • T.H Huxley’s diary of the voyages of H.M.S Rattlesnake. 1935
    Huxley, Thomas Henry.
    SP COLL 910.9 HUX
  • Victoria, Port Essington: the last post
    [1988]
    Mezzadri, Tarq A.
    Q 994.295 MEZ
  • A Visit to the Indian Archipelago in H.M.S. Meander, with portions of the private journal of Sir James Brooke. 2 volumes. 1853
    Keppel, Henry.
    SP COLL Q 910.9 KEP
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CD-ROM
  • Journal of an overland expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington : a distance of upwards 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845.
    2002
    Leichhardt, Ludwig.
    NTC 919.429 LEIC
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Periodicals
  • The Cobourg Peninsula: leave only footprints
    Roces, M
    In Geo. Dec 1989- Feb 1990, Vol.11, No.4.
    Pp. 102-115
    PER 910 GEO
  • The Earliest settlements in the Northern Territory of Australia.
  • Campbell, Walter S 1912
    In Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.3, 1912. Pp.81-113
    NAC PAM 994.2902 CAM
  • Geographical memoir of Melville Island and Port Essington on the Coburg Peninsula, Northern Australia…
    Campbell, John Major. 1834
    In Journal of the Royal Geographical Society. Vol.4, 1834. Pp.129-181
    PAM 994.295 CAM
  • Head on: the early nineteenth century British colonisation of the Top End
    Allen, Jim
    In Northern Australia: options and implications. 1980. Pp.33-39
    330.994063 NOR
  • Heritage in isolation: the Victoria settlement at Port Essington
    Rose, Lyndon
    In Heritage Australia. Autumn, Vol.9, No.1, 1990. P.7
    PER 994.005 HERI
  • Malaria in nineteenth century British military settlements. – Fort Dundas (Melville Island); Fort Wellington, Raffles Bay and Victoria, Port Essington –
    Reid, Brian
    In Journal of Northern Territory History. No.3, 1992. Pp.41-54
    NTC PER 994.29 JOUR
  • Melville Island and Raffles Bat 1824-9, an unsuccessful settlement.
    Bach, John Percival Spence
    In Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Vol.44, no.4, 1958. Pp.222-238
    NTC PER 994 JOUR
  • Port Essington: Its history and settlement
    Cameron, J.M.R. 1985
    In Northern Perspective. Vol.8, No.1, Aug 1985. Pp.1-14.
    NTC PER 919.429 NORT
  • The Wreck of the Magda: shipwrecked Swedes in the North of Australia
    Christie, Michael1996
    In Journal of Northern Territory History. No.7, 1996. Pp.75-78
    NTC PER 994.29 JOUR
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Photographs

Photographs on Port Essington are available on PictureNT Website