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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... land grant of some 5,500 acres . Their goal , the South - western corner of Australia , was a land very unlike either the green tropical islands of the West and East Indies , or the American mainlands , and only superficially similar to ...
... land grant of some 5,500 acres . Their goal , the South - western corner of Australia , was a land very unlike either the green tropical islands of the West and East Indies , or the American mainlands , and only superficially similar to ...
Page 139
... land and set about building a house for him . In 1841 he changed his plans and entertained the idea of migrating to ... land surpass the interest that land will yield , and I see little prospect for adventurers of the present day . What ...
... land and set about building a house for him . In 1841 he changed his plans and entertained the idea of migrating to ... land surpass the interest that land will yield , and I see little prospect for adventurers of the present day . What ...
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... land at Augusta . He offered £ 40 , twenty to be paid in bullock hire . Jemmy mentioned this to me , and added that he intended to ask the Captain to lend him £ 60 , at 20 per cent . interest , which in two years ' time his rent from ...
... land at Augusta . He offered £ 40 , twenty to be paid in bullock hire . Jemmy mentioned this to me , and added that he intended to ask the Captain to lend him £ 60 , at 20 per cent . interest , which in two years ' time his rent from ...
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