Port Raffles

Port Raffles

Port Raffles (spr. pōrt rässels), Busen des Arafurameeres, an der Nordseite der zum Nordterritorium (Staat Südaustralien) gehörigen Koburghalbinsel. Der hier 1827 errichtete militärische Posten wurde 1829 an den Schwanenfluß (Westaustralien) verlegt.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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