Darwin, Australia: Northern Territory University Press, 2002. Facsimile Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. Although Australia has attempted to keep some distance between itself and Asia, as characterised by the White Australia policy, this has not always been the case. This book is the account of the attempt by one of many 18th and 19th century English merchant adventurers - Francis Light of Penang fame, being another - to establish a British colony at Port Essington on the Coburg Peninsula in Australia's Northern Territory. He and others had hoped that with Asian trade and labour the settlement was going to be a new Singapore, adding to the string of British outposts East and South of Penang. Very Good Paperback. Facsimile Reprint with an extensive introduction by Bob Reece. originally published in 1846. 184 pages Weight 0.6kg. Post free within Malaysia There is a small amount of orange residue at one corner of the cover and on the text block below, minimal cover wear and very light spotting of the text block. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is no tanning throughout.

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Bookseller: The Penang Bookshelf (MY)
Bookseller's Inventory #: AS552
Title: Enterprise in Tropical Australia
Author: George Windsor Earl
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
ISBN 10: 1876248793
ISBN 13: 9781876248796
Publisher: Northern Territory University Press
Place of Publication: Darwin, Australia
Date Published: 2002
Keywords: Australia - Southeast Asia - Port Essington - Coburg Peninsula - 19th century British colonisation

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Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.