Cattle Chosen: The Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia, 1829 to 1841First published London, Oxford University Press, 1926, q.v. for annotation. |
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Page 54
... Adelphi ' , and , as we shall see , Bessie ' was probably moved by blighted affection . ' The loss of our cattle ' , wrote Charles in December 1833 , is a subject on which I cannot speak with an equal degree of philosophy . ' ( He had ...
... Adelphi ' , and , as we shall see , Bessie ' was probably moved by blighted affection . ' The loss of our cattle ' , wrote Charles in December 1833 , is a subject on which I cannot speak with an equal degree of philosophy . ' ( He had ...
Page 55
... Adelphi experiments seemed long to Charles . John , however , had formed the intention of transferring to the Vasse immediately after his first discovery of it , and had been granted a location of 3,573 acres there on the 13th July 1832 ...
... Adelphi experiments seemed long to Charles . John , however , had formed the intention of transferring to the Vasse immediately after his first discovery of it , and had been granted a location of 3,573 acres there on the 13th July 1832 ...
Page 64
... Adelphi ' was in prepara- tion . A year later he arrived at Augusta , lean and savage , seeking his lost ' Bessie ' . Fanny reports to John : ' I forgot to tell you - and I think I see how happy old Ally will look -that Billy the Boar ...
... Adelphi ' was in prepara- tion . A year later he arrived at Augusta , lean and savage , seeking his lost ' Bessie ' . Fanny reports to John : ' I forgot to tell you - and I think I see how happy old Ally will look -that Billy the Boar ...
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