| Address | Garig Gunak Barlu National Park,
Cobourg Peninsula
Northern Territory, 0880, Australia | | Telephone Enquiries : | 08-8999 4814 |
The ruins of Victoria Settlement are one of two failed British settlements on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park. A group of British soldiers, some with families, arrived in 1838 and spent 11 years establishing the settlement. The settlers built a Governor's residence, one of the first elevated houses ever built, a hospital, church, military and married quarters with distinctive round Cornish chimneys. Isolation and disease eventually drove the inhabitants out, and the ruins are all that remain.
A permit is required to enter the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park. Please contact Parks and Wildlife Service for further details, including road access.
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| Activity | Bushwalking, Sailing, Self-Guided. | | Experience | Flora/Fauna, Historic/Heritage, Nature based, Outback. |
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