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Title: Garrison and General Orders, Sullivan Bay, 16th October 1803
Description: Facsimile; F'cap Folio; pp. 6; one page facsimile printed sheet loosely inserted in printed folder, two pages of text on the inside of the folder giving the history of the document. fine copy. Sorrento, Antipodes Bookshop - Gallery, Ocean Beach Road, October 2003 Victoria's first printing press was brought to Port Phillip in October 1803 by lieutenant-Governor David Collins who had sailed from England to Establish a British penal colony at Port Phillip. The Press was used to print the garrison and General Orders issued by Collins at his camp site at Sullivans Bay, near Sorrento. This facsimile of the first printing was done to mark the 200 Anniversary

Keywords: Victoria History First Settlement David Collins Sorrento