Report of Commander Heath R.N. On the Site for the Proposed Settlement at Prince of Wales' Group Torres Straits.

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(Brisbane: James C. Beal) 1875. F'scap folio. (4pp.). With 1 traced map by Lieutenant Connor R.M. Assistant. NOTE: In this report Commander Heath found the suggestions of Hammond Island by Commander Moresby and Mr. Dalrymple and Friday Island by Mr. Jardine to be inadequate and unpromising. His suggestion was Thursday Island which ended up replacing the settlement at Somerset.