Port Essington

This article is about the early Australian settlement. For the settlement in Canada, see Port Essington, British Columbia.

Port Essington
Port Essington, Northern Territory

Port Essington (Iwaidja language: Limbo Cardja) is an inlet and historic site located on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. It was the site of an early attempt at British settlement, but now exists only as a remote series of ruins.

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