The Presence that Changed the World


Government Wharf


'The Lady Wright' loads and unloads at Government Wharf in Bathurst in Gambia. It plied the river Gambia and coastal regions linking the interior of Africa to the wider trading patterns of the Empire and World.

Picture courtesy of The National Archives


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