Contents

  1. About the Series
  2. President’s Introduction
  3. Foreword
  4. A Retrospective Introduction
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Problem Defined
  7. Research questions
  8. Fieldwork
  9. The site
  10. Excavations
  11. Documentary resources
  12.  
  13. Chapter 2 Excavations and Architecture
  14. VICTORIA RUBBISH DUMP
  15. VM surface collection
  16. VM excavations
  17. VICTORIA RUBBISH DUMP No. 2
  18. THE HOSPITAL COMPLEX
  19. The hospital surface collection
  20. THE HOSPITAL
  21. VH architecture
  22. VH excavations
  23. HOSPITAL DISPENSARY
  24. VHD architecture
  25. VHD excavations
  26. HOSPITAL KITCHEN
  27. VHK architecture
  28. VHK excavations
  29. MARRIED QUARTERS
  30. VMQ architecture
  31. VMQ chimney no. 1
  32. Conclusion
  33. VMQ excavations
  34. QUARTERMASTER’S STORE
  35. VQS architecture
  36. VQS excavations
  37. SHELL FLOOR No. 1
  38. VSF excavations – structure
  39. VSFI excavations – artefacts
  40. Summary of VSF1
  41. SHELL FLOOR No. 2
  42. VSFII excavation
  43. VSFII finds
  44. OFFICERS’ MESS
  45. VOM architecture
  46. VOM excavations
  47. VOM discussion
  48. STORE D
  49. VSD architecture
  50. VSD excavations
  51. VSD discussion
  52. BAKE HOUSE
  53. VB architecture vi
  54. THE SMITHY
  55. VS architecture
  56. VS excavations
  57. VS discussion
  58. COWRIE HOUSE
  59. VCH architecture
  60. VCH discussion
  61. ABORGINAL MIDDEN No. 1
  62. VAM excavations
  63. VAM finds
  64. VAM shell sample
  65. VAM radiocarbon 14 estimation
  66. VAM discussion
  67. ABORIGINAL MIDDEN No. 2
  68. VAMII finds
  69. GENERAL SURFACE COLLECTIONS
  70.  
  71. OTHER ARCHITECTURE
  72. MAGAZINE
  73. KILNS
  74. CEMETERY
  75. JETTY
  76. GOVERNMENT HOUSE
  77. WELLS
  78. SAWPIT
  79. STONELINE
  80. EARTHWORKS
  81. QUARRIES
  82.  
  83. ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS OUTSIDE THE SETTLEMENT
  84.  
  85. CONVALESCENT STATIONS
  86. SMITH POINT BEACON
  87.  
  88. Chapter 3 Pottery
  89. ARNOLD PILLING’S CLASSIFICATION
  90. THE PORT ESSINGTON POTTERY CLASSIFICATION
  91. CLASS 1 – PORCELAIN
  92. Undecorated porcelain
  93. Overglaze polychrome porcelain
  94. Blue on white porcelain
  95. Transfer printed porcelain
  96. CLASS 2 – EARTHENWARE (WHITE CLAYWARES)
  97. Transfer Printed Wares
  98. Green floral transfer ware
  99. Green scenic transfer ware
  100. Green geometric transfer ware
  101. Green and red floral transfer ware
  102. Red floral transfer ware
  103. Red scenic transfer ware
  104. Brown floral transfer ware
  105. Blue scenic transfer ware
  106. Blue scenic transfer ware (Willow Pattern)
  107. Blue floral transfer ware
  108. Blue geometric transfer ware vii
  109. Green featheredge ware
  110. Blue featheredge ware
  111. Blue spatter ware
  112. Undecorated white glaze ware
  113. Line decorated ware
  114. Hand painted ware
  115. Flowing blue ware
  116. CLASS 2 – EARTHENWARE (COLOURED CLAYWARES)
  117. Mocha ware
  118. Unglazed wheel-made ware
  119. Salt glaze stoneware
  120. Macassan ware
  121. Rim glazed stoneware
  122. Nga-kwun ware
  123. UNIDENTIFIED POTTERY
  124. DISCUSSION
  125. Shape
  126. Dating the pottery
  127. Marked Items
  128. Type Ranges
  129. Clay Pipes
  130. The Port Essington clay pipe collection
  131. Dating the clay pipes
  132.  
  133. Chapter 4 Glass
  134. TYPE A GLASS: THE ABORIGINAL ARTEFACTS
  135. Base cores
  136. Cutting flakes
  137. Retouched implements
  138. Utilised flakes
  139. Waste flakes
  140. Discussion – Type A glass
  141.  
  142. TYPE B GLASS
  143. Rims
  144. Bases
  145. Complete bottles
  146. Glass bottle seals
  147. The Château Margaux seals
  148. The ‘Crown’ seals
  149. The ‘AH’ seal
  150. Other glass items
  151. Discussion – Type B glass
  152.  
  153. TYPE C GLASS
  154.  
  155. Chapter 5 Metal, Stone and Bone
  156. METAL
  157. Iron and lead
  158. Copper
  159. Coins
  160. Brass
  161. Uniform insignia
  162. Buttons
  163. STONE viii
  164. Aboriginal stone artefacts
  165. European stone – gunflints
  166. BONE
  167.  
  168. Chapter 6 The Establishment of Port Essington
  169. MELVILLE ISLAND AND RAFFLES BAY
  170. The lessons of Melville Island and Raffles Bay
  171. 1829–1838. ARGUMENTS FOR A NEW ATTEMPT TO SETTLE NORTH AUSTRALIA: George Windsor Earl
  172. Sir John Barrow and the maintenance of British sovereignty in north Australia
  173. The financial administration of Port Essington
  174. CONCLUSION
  175.  
  176. Chapter 7 The Political Background
  177. ARRIVAL AT PORT ESSINGTON: Choosing a site for the settlement
  178. THE POLITICAL MANAGEMENT OF PORT ESSINGTON: Attempts to open the colony to settlers
  179. CONFUSIONS OF AUTHORITY
  180. ADMINISTRATIVE EQUIVOCATION: The decline and demise of Port Essington
  181.  
  182. Chapter 8 Life at Port Essington
  183. THE FIRST GARRISON 1838–1844: Getting started
  184. The arrival of the French
  185. Progress
  186. Captain John Mcarthur, Acting Commandant and Commandant 1839–1849
  187. The tropical environment and the 1839 hurricane
  188. Tropical predators
  189. Vernacular architecture
  190. Professional architecture
  191. Kitchen gardens and tropical horticulture
  192. Local game and introduced livestock
  193. Malaria: onset
  194. THE SECOND GARRISON 1844–49: HOLDING ON
  195. Malaria: taking hold
  196. Small group personality conflicts
  197. The tyranny of isolation
  198. ABORIGINAL CONTACT
  199. INTERACTIONS WITH MACASSANS
  200. THE OVERLAND ROUTE
  201.  
  202. Chapter 9 Conclusions
  203. DENOUEMENT: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
  204. A limpet port
  205. A missionary presence
  206. European legacies
  207. THE USE OF ARCHAEOLOGY IN AUSTRALIAN COLONIAL HISTORY
  208. Documentary history and historical archaeology
  209. The methodology of historical archaeology
  210.  
  211. Bibliography
  212. About the Author
  213. Copyright

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