A cikin 1823, Kwamitin Kasuwancin Indiya ta Gabas ya ba da shawarar cewa a kafa ƙauye a gabar arewacin Ostiraliya don hana Yaren mutanen Holland, kuma Kyaftin JJG Bremer, RN, an ba shi izinin kafa ƙauye tsakanin Tsibirin Bathurst da Cobourg Peninsula. Bremer ya kafa wurin zama a Fort Dundas a Tsibirin Melville a 1824 kuma, saboda wannan yana kusa da yammacin iyakar da aka ayyana a 1788, ya ayyana ikon mallaka na Burtaniya a duk yankin yammacin yammacin tsawon tsawon 129 °.
Shekaru 1824