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Early Port Stephens settlement and the Myall River voyage
The narrative recalls Port Stephens first settlement attempts under Major Morrissett at Newcastle and Port Macquarie guarding convicts at Soldier Point. It describes the Australian Agricultural Company’s vast 1824 land holdings, the Port Stephens headquar ters at Carrington, and timber and oyster industries. The voyage along the Myall River to the Myall Lakes and Bullahdelah Mountain offers lush forest imagery, with camps of timber-getters, eel-like waterways, and the Alum Mountain rising behind a tranquil arcadia, ending with reflections on local inns and settlement life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Stephens
Morrissett
Newcastle
Port Macquarie
Maciairie
New South Wales
Louris New
Sydney
Soldier Point
Middle Teton
Australian Agricultural Company
Lorton
Carrington
Steal
Uspeek
Hasson
State
Lee
Burt Stephens
Myall River
S.S. Myall
Allyn
Corrie
Port Stephen
Themmense Bay
Myall
Westerm Bay
Myall Wills
Allab
Ihonsii
Maykesbury
Tasmania
Tonisk Jali
Wimwa
Anit