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 44
... McDermott left to mourn her husband , expecting daily to be confined with her second child , without a farthing to support them . With this much worse case before us , we have not permitted ourselves to bewail our loss . . . . ... But I ...
... McDermott left to mourn her husband , expecting daily to be confined with her second child , without a farthing to support them . With this much worse case before us , we have not permitted ourselves to bewail our loss . . . . ... But I ...
Page 184
... McDermott and Fanny washing . Mr. Green and Alfred hunting . One kangaroo . Larkham killed a pig , No. 3. John and Barsey engaged with the house . Charlotte made butter . Vernon and Dawson water- furrowing . Brown ploughing . Bessie ...
... McDermott and Fanny washing . Mr. Green and Alfred hunting . One kangaroo . Larkham killed a pig , No. 3. John and Barsey engaged with the house . Charlotte made butter . Vernon and Dawson water- furrowing . Brown ploughing . Bessie ...
Page 186
... McDermott ironing . Vernon grinding ; 6 bushels of wheat , 4 bushels of rye , two bushels for pigs , two for natives . Brown and Dawson clearing the town of Busselton . John and Barsey building . Beautiful weather . Charles accounts and ...
... McDermott ironing . Vernon grinding ; 6 bushels of wheat , 4 bushels of rye , two bushels for pigs , two for natives . Brown and Dawson clearing the town of Busselton . John and Barsey building . Beautiful weather . Charles accounts and ...
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aboriginal Adelphi arrived Augusta Barsey beautiful Bessie Bessie's Blackwood Blackwood River boat boys breakfast brothers brought Bussell family Bussell's Busselton butter Cape Leeuwin Capel Carter Captain Molloy Captain Toby Cattle Chosen Chapmans Charles Bussell Charlotte colonists colony commenced cows Dawson dear diary dinner dogs Ellen England Fanny Bussell Fanny's farm fear fire fish flour forest Fremantle garden Gaywal Geographe Bay Government Governor Stirling Green hope horse J. G. Bussell John Bussell John Garrett Bussell John's kangaroo King George's Sound labour land Larkham Layman Lenox Leschenault letter living look Mamma Mary McDermott miles Miss morning natives night party Pearce Perth Pinjarra pork pounds savage servant settlement settlers Shann sheep ship soldiers spear Sunday Swan River things timber trees Turner Vasse Vasse River Vernon and Alfred Western Australia William Marchant Yulika