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| Layer Id | 1370 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Voyage to Port Phillip |
| Description | A visualisation of the investigative tours of British Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were 'travelling under concern' in the Southern oceans in 1830s. This section relates to a visit to the Port Phillip settlement in November 1837. |
Subject Keywords | colonialism, religious society of friends, quakers, colonial history, james backhouse, george washington walker, transnational human rights activism |
| Type | Journey | Creator | Penny Edmonds |
| Contact | penny.edmonds@flinders.edu.au | Source Url | https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/10371634 |
| Language | English | Temporal From | 1837-11-03 |
| Temporal To | 1837-11-18 | Created At | 2024-06-27 19:48:05 |
| Updated At | 2024-06-27 19:48:24 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/1370 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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11 | - |
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Area
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63855.012672574 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((147.3987841 -43.07319581,144.9844504 -38.31039449,144.9142433 -37.87320602,144.9539358 -37.81945418,144.9724821 -37.80924131,145.0277904 -37.83792559,148.5460793 -40.81272313,147.3987841 -43.07319581)) | - |
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Density
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0.00017226525435684 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(145.53730988181817 -38.68545228727272) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((144.9142433 -43.07319581,144.9142433 -37.80924131,148.5460793 -37.80924131,148.5460793 -43.07319581,144.9142433 -43.07319581)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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The Eudora 'passed to the southward of a high rock called 'The Pyramid', then 'passed in sight of Cape Schanck' before entering Port Phillip. | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Backhouse & Walker 'engaged a passage to King Georges Sound, by way of Port Phillip and South Australia, on board the barque Eudora, along with ten cabin passengers who were 'going to Port Phillip with a view to improving their circumstances' and 'several mechanics and their families' in steerage 'who were hoping to obtain better wages at Port Phillip, than they could get in Van Diemens Land'. The Eudora sailed from the mouth of the Derwent on 3 November 1837. | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1837-11-03 | - |
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End Date
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1837-11-18 | - |
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Duration
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0.04 | years |
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Median Date
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1837-11-12 | - |
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Average Date
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1837-11-12 | - |