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 123
... Swan River colony , which seemed to him to prove that the principles of coloniza- tion which he advocated were right . By his reasoning , the way in which settlement had been created at Swan River should lead to that colony's failure ...
... Swan River colony , which seemed to him to prove that the principles of coloniza- tion which he advocated were right . By his reasoning , the way in which settlement had been created at Swan River should lead to that colony's failure ...
Page 129
... Swan River colony . Horace Twiss , the Parliamentary Under- Secretary and Stirling's friend , had gone , having lost ... Swan River colony . ' It was never contemplated that the greater part of the expenses attendant on the founding of a ...
... Swan River colony . Horace Twiss , the Parliamentary Under- Secretary and Stirling's friend , had gone , having lost ... Swan River colony . ' It was never contemplated that the greater part of the expenses attendant on the founding of a ...
Page 187
... Swan River colony just beginning to find its feet . A bank , the Bank of Western Australia , had been formed in 1837 ; it had been badly needed . The Agricultural Society reported great progress in pastoral pursuits . New districts had ...
... Swan River colony just beginning to find its feet . A bank , the Bank of Western Australia , had been formed in 1837 ; it had been badly needed . The Agricultural Society reported great progress in pastoral pursuits . New districts had ...
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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