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Latitude
-23.8463
Longitude
151.2663
Start Date
1847
End Date
1848

Description

In 1846 Port Curtis became the capital of the the new colony of North Australia. Although there was some intent on it being a penal colony undertaking plantation labour (after Bigge's recommendations), this changed to a base for exile or ticket-of-leave convicts, or even a settlement for expired/emancipist former convicts. The patent for the colony was revoked in early 1847, with the it disestablished. The location of the original site is not known, although probably near Barney Point.

Sources

ID
tcfdc9

Extended Data

category
Convict
sitetype
Settlement