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 71
... soldier . At mid- night on Friday I hauled the seine , but , alas ! nearly in vain . The produce was scarcely enough for some soldiers , my assistants , for Charles and myself for breakfast . After two hours in the water I went to bed ...
... soldier . At mid- night on Friday I hauled the seine , but , alas ! nearly in vain . The produce was scarcely enough for some soldiers , my assistants , for Charles and myself for breakfast . After two hours in the water I went to bed ...
Page 80
... soldiers stationed at the Vasse and Augusta . In a memorial to the Colonial Office , evidently written early in 1838 , John Bussell put forward , as a claim to special recognition , the provision he had made during the first years at ...
... soldiers stationed at the Vasse and Augusta . In a memorial to the Colonial Office , evidently written early in 1838 , John Bussell put forward , as a claim to special recognition , the provision he had made during the first years at ...
Page 83
... soldiers had 52 lbs . of veal , and struck work on hearing of the raised price of flour , unless they had 3s . a day : they were therefore dis- missed . ' Seemingly the soldiers , being in receipt of military pay , * In the same letter ...
... soldiers had 52 lbs . of veal , and struck work on hearing of the raised price of flour , unless they had 3s . a day : they were therefore dis- missed . ' Seemingly the soldiers , being in receipt of military pay , * In the same letter ...
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