Escape Cliffs, Palmerston, North Austral…

In 1864, the year after South Australia was granted control over the Northern Territory, the South Australian government decided to attempt a settlement of the area sent a surveying and settlement expedition under the command of former state Premier Lieutenant Colonel Boyle Travers Finniss. He had been instructed to establish the settlement at Adam Bay and chose the Escape Cliffs site despite disagreements with other members of his party.

From the original edition of the Illustrated Sydney News.