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 xiii
... settlement scheme for emigrants . It was also alleged that the scheme had failed , the failure being attributed to the character of this Thomas Peel , indolent , inefficient , too careless to see to his settlers ' well - being , with ...
... settlement scheme for emigrants . It was also alleged that the scheme had failed , the failure being attributed to the character of this Thomas Peel , indolent , inefficient , too careless to see to his settlers ' well - being , with ...
Page 43
... settlement scheme together , presumably Peel and Levey took steps to get the scheme going , though there is no documentary evidence to that effect for the whole of February and most of March . There is an unexplained lapse of time then ...
... settlement scheme together , presumably Peel and Levey took steps to get the scheme going , though there is no documentary evidence to that effect for the whole of February and most of March . There is an unexplained lapse of time then ...
Page 245
... settlement scheme ; not even a reference to the failure of this scheme . Thomas Peel had sunk without a trace . His own contemporaries were mostly dead and , owing to his retire- ment from the life of the colony , he was almost ...
... settlement scheme ; not even a reference to the failure of this scheme . Thomas Peel had sunk without a trace . His own contemporaries were mostly dead and , owing to his retire- ment from the life of the colony , he was almost ...
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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