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 83
... horse stall from the Gilmore , which had housed his precious horse . Now that the creature did not need the shelter or rather , now that its owner needed it more - it became a dwelling , more or less weather - proof , with a canvas fly ...
... horse stall from the Gilmore , which had housed his precious horse . Now that the creature did not need the shelter or rather , now that its owner needed it more - it became a dwelling , more or less weather - proof , with a canvas fly ...
Page 153
... horse met them near Fremantle and they proceeded southward towards Mandurah , joined about lunch - time by Captain ... horses were unsaddled and a bivouac for the night was prepared . The Peel children excitedly helped their grandmother ...
... horse met them near Fremantle and they proceeded southward towards Mandurah , joined about lunch - time by Captain ... horses were unsaddled and a bivouac for the night was prepared . The Peel children excitedly helped their grandmother ...
Page 238
... horse for him . To make it easier for his stiff old limbs to mount , he wanted the horse taught to drop its front legs . " Tap it on the forelegs , then on the hind legs , and it will soon learn , ' he told Cooper . He got Cooper to be ...
... horse for him . To make it easier for his stiff old limbs to mount , he wanted the horse taught to drop its front legs . " Tap it on the forelegs , then on the hind legs , and it will soon learn , ' he told Cooper . He got Cooper to be ...
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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