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 54
... interest , while The Morning Chronicle , a very gossipy sheet , frequently laid its claws on unfounded statements and rumours , that were often requoted in colonial papers such as The Hobart Town Courier , The Colonial Times , The ...
... interest , while The Morning Chronicle , a very gossipy sheet , frequently laid its claws on unfounded statements and rumours , that were often requoted in colonial papers such as The Hobart Town Courier , The Colonial Times , The ...
Page 123
... interest reports of the condition and progress of the 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 ...
... interest reports of the condition and progress of the 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 ...
Page 206
... interest which at any time may be found to have accrued upon it ; equally it is out of the power of Mr Peel , as of Mr Levey's executors , to pay the debt at the present moment , and to force a sale in the existing state of the money ...
... interest which at any time may be found to have accrued upon it ; equally it is out of the power of Mr Peel , as of Mr Levey's executors , to pay the debt at the present moment , and to force a sale in the existing state of the money ...
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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