Camden Harbour, Western Australia

Camden Harbour was a short-lived settlement in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in 1864-1865 that was situated in the larger Camden Sound. The settlement was also known as the Camden Harbour Expedition, as well as the Government Camp.[1]

Ships known to have transported people to the settlement included the Calliance.[2][3]

A number of families settled and explored from this location,[4][5] however it did not continue after 1865. The Sholl family were one of such families that were part of the community.[6]

The location has been visited in the twentieth and twenty first century by Kimberley cruise ships[7]

References

  1. ↑ Camden Harbour Pastoral Association (1864), Description of Camden Harbour, its climate and adjoining country : with map, Fergusson & Moore, retrieved 3 January 2016
  2. ↑ Crawford, R. M; McManus, Walter (1962), Camden Harbour, retrieved 3 January 2016
  3. ↑ Richards, Christopher (2005), There were three ships : the story of the Camden Harbour expedition 1864-65 (4th ed.), KKNM, ISBN 978-0-646-37561-8
  4. ↑ Martin, James; Panter, Frederick Kennedy (1864), Report for the information of H.E. the Governor of Western Australia, and the promoters of the north-western expedition of 1864, on the voyage and the resources of the districts explored, Govt. Pr, retrieved 3 January 2016
  5. ↑ Sholl, R. J. (Robert John) (1866), Journal of an expedition from the Government Camp, Camden Harbour, to the southward of the Glenelg River in North-western Australia, retrieved 3 January 2016
  6. ↑ Sholl, Trevarton Charles (1975), Journals ... 1865-1866, Perth, Camden Harbour, Roebourne, [Perth, retrieved 3 January 2016
  7. ↑ Souter, Corioli (November 2013), "Camden Harbour reconsidered", AIMA Bulletin, 37: 87–97, ISSN 1447-0276
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