Letter. 1807.

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Letter. 1807.

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Letter written to a Captain Kemp by David Collins in reply to an urgent plea for help from Kemp who had been left in charge of a settlement in Van Diemen's hand in Lieut. Governor Paterson's absence.

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Collins, David, 1756-1810

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Lieutenant-Colonel David Collins was ordered to establish a settlement on Port Phillip Bay to secure the strategic Bass Strait for the British. However, he was unhappy with that locality and decided to transfer the settlement to the Derwent River. On 15 February 1804, Collins, with the first detachment from Port Phillip in the Ocean and Lady Nelson, anchored off the new settlement at Risdon. A quick inspection satisfied him that the site was quite unsuitable and he made his own reconnaissance, e...

Kemp, Anthony Fenn, 1773-1868

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