Exploration Northern Territory
[Adelaide, Government Printer, 1867].
Foolscap folio, 22 pages plus a folding colour map (690 × approximately 520 mm - the entire right-hand margin has suffered minor loss).
Drop-title; four small holes in the left-hand margin where stab-sewn when bound (now disbound); top margin of the map has a few light waterstains, and the leading margin of the map is a little stained with uneven loss just extending into the printed surface.
South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 24 of 1868-69. Francis Cadell (1822-1879) is better known for his pioneering navigating activities on the Murray and its tributaries. However, 'Early in 1867 he was appointed by the South Australian government to lead an expedition to the Northern Territory to choose a site for the capital and an area for agricultural settlement. He examined the Liverpool River, went up the Roper River in a small steamer and visited Port Darwin, Anson Bay and the Victoria River. He spent most of the year in thorough investigation, but the instructions on which he had acted were misdirected. His recommendations were ignored' ('Australian Dictionary of Biography'). The 'Map of the Northern Territory shewing Recent Surveys by Capt. Cadell', photo-lithographed by Fraser S. Crawford in July 1868, shows Cadell's extensive surveys in red ink. McLaren 6905.
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