Thomas Peel of Swan RiverHistory of the Swan River Settlement, W.A. and its founder Thomas Peel 1768-1865; Settlement founded 1829; p.77- 78; Contact & reactions between the first Swan River settlers and the Aborigines; Chp.IX; Settlers difficulties with the Murray River Aborigines - murder and plunder - police force formed - Pinjarra area; Effort to civilize Aborigines; Institution for natives founded at foot of Mount Elna 1837 under F.F. Armstrong; Attitude of settlers improved. |
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Page 183
... Fremantle . A little flour would persuade the aborigines to help in the work , when they had eaten as much as they could stuff into themselves . All went as planned , and the following year the same thing happened . This time he ...
... Fremantle . A little flour would persuade the aborigines to help in the work , when they had eaten as much as they could stuff into themselves . All went as planned , and the following year the same thing happened . This time he ...
Page 185
... Fremantle , the secretary of the Fremantle Whaling Company , stated the company's feelings in a letter to the Governor of 9 May 1838 , in which he said that the com- pany understood it was the intention of the American whaler Pioneer to ...
... Fremantle , the secretary of the Fremantle Whaling Company , stated the company's feelings in a letter to the Governor of 9 May 1838 , in which he said that the com- pany understood it was the intention of the American whaler Pioneer to ...
Page 186
... Fremantle Whaling Company should arise . If the presence of Captain Adams and the Pioneer in Safety Bay should prove detrimental to the interests of the Fremantle Whaling Company more than it was profitable to the colonists engaged with ...
... Fremantle Whaling Company should arise . If the presence of Captain Adams and the Pioneer in Safety Bay should prove detrimental to the interests of the Fremantle Whaling Company more than it was profitable to the colonists engaged with ...
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aborigines acres of land Adam Armstrong appeared arrived Association Australind became Captain Meares Captain Stirling Clarence Clifton Co-partnership coast Cockburn Sound Colonial Office Colonial Secretary Cooper and Levey cousin Daniel Cooper daughter debt December Deed Despatches Dora Dunnage Elmslie Emancipists emigrants England establishment Frederick Peel Fremantle Garden Island gentlemen Gilmore Government Governor Stirling grant of land Hall ibid indentured James Stirling January knew labour Land Titles Office later leave letter Levey's Location 16 London Mandurah Mandurah House Mary Charlotte ment months Murray River natives party Peel's Peelfold person Perth Gazette Pinjarra received reported Robert Peel Rockingham sailed Serpentine Farm servants settlement scheme settlers shillings ship Sir George Murray soldiers Solomon Levey South Wales Stirling's Swan River colony Swan River Guardian Sydney Thomas Peel townsite Twiss Wakefield Western Australia wife William wrote