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| Layer Id | 1371 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Voyage to King Georges Sound and Swan River |
| 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 visits to King Georges Sound and Swan River. |
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 | 1837-12-17 |
| Temporal To | 1837-12-30 | Created At | 2024-06-27 21:56:24 |
| Updated At | 2024-06-27 21:56:54 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/1371 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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11 | - |
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Area
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472003.56759295 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((136.3350187 -35.2397992,117.8951768 -35.18062278,115.3708773 -32.01748876,115.860035 -31.95651774,130.7946319 -32.72167131,136.3350187 -35.2397992)) | - |
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Density
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2.3304908596552E-5 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(120.1659628090909 -34.02692409454545) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((115.3708773 -35.2397992,115.3708773 -31.95651774,136.3350187 -31.95651774,136.3350187 -35.2397992,115.3708773 -35.2397992)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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The Eudora passed Bald Island and 'soon got sight of Mount Gardener and Bald Head', passing between them to sail into King Georges Sound, which Backhouse described as 'a fine bay, surrounded by hills, with an opening into an inner harbour, called Princess Royal Harbour, near the entrance', where the Eudora anchored. | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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On the morning of 17 December 1837 the Eudora 'left the Gambier and Thistle Islands in Spencers Gulf, to the northward, and one of the Neptune Islands, to the southward'. Backhouse reported that seals, mutton birds and terns were numerous on Neptune island. | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1837-12-17 | - |
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End Date
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1837-12-30 | - |
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Duration
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0.04 | years |
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Median Date
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1837-12-25 | - |
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Average Date
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1837-12-25 | - |