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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 14
Page 12
... timber grew , picked out these diorite soils ' by the blackbutt and red - gum trees they carried , the combination being a sure sign of rich land . 6 IV . A fourth belt , mostly a stiff loam , occurs along the wet south coast , where a ...
... timber grew , picked out these diorite soils ' by the blackbutt and red - gum trees they carried , the combination being a sure sign of rich land . 6 IV . A fourth belt , mostly a stiff loam , occurs along the wet south coast , where a ...
Page 22
... timber is very different from that of England , which difference is not a little heightened by its amazing magnitude . Picture to yourself a tree 38 feet in circumference , perfectly straight , and lofty in proportion to its girth ...
... timber is very different from that of England , which difference is not a little heightened by its amazing magnitude . Picture to yourself a tree 38 feet in circumference , perfectly straight , and lofty in proportion to its girth ...
Page 141
... timber , and worked on the walls and roof with Blechynden . ' I well remember ' , wrote his daughter , Mrs. Elizabeth Capel Brockman , of her babyhood , going to the sawpits about a mile and a half up the river from " Cattle Chosen ...
... timber , and worked on the walls and roof with Blechynden . ' I well remember ' , wrote his daughter , Mrs. Elizabeth Capel Brockman , of her babyhood , going to the sawpits about a mile and a half up the river from " Cattle Chosen ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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