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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry
Allen, Jim
Port Essington: The historical archaeology of a north-Australian nineteenth century military outpost/ Jim Allen
9781920898878 (paperback)
9781743321614 (ebook: epub)
9781743321621 (ebook: kindle)
ASHA Editorial Board
Professor David Carment, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory.
Dr Eleanor Casella, Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Dr Sarah Colley, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales. Emeritus Professor Graham Connah, Australian National University.
Dr Clayton Fredericksen, Heritage Division, Dept of the Environment & Water Resources, Canberra, ACT.
Dr Susan Lawrence, Senior Lecturer, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria.
Professor Tim Murray, Latrobe University, Melbourne, Victoria.
Dr Neville Ritchie, Waikato Conservancy, Dept of Conservation, Hamilton, New Zealand.
General Editor: Mary Casey
Monographs Editor: Martin Gibbs
Publications Committee: Mary Case, Martin Gibbs, Penny Crook & Andrew Wilson
Cover Illustrations:
1. Blockhouse and breastworks on Adam Head. Note magazine to the left of the structure. Watercolour by Owen Stanley, entitled The Fortress at Port Essington. Mitchell Library PXC 281 f.119. Published with permission of the Mitchell Library.
2. Royal Marines officer’s shako plate from officers’ mess excavations.
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