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 63
... ship Lady Nugent had been purchased . I declined this vessel , having ascer- tained that her inferior construction rendered her ineligible for the object contemplated . It was also mentioned in a communication which I had the honor to ...
... ship Lady Nugent had been purchased . I declined this vessel , having ascer- tained that her inferior construction rendered her ineligible for the object contemplated . It was also mentioned in a communication which I had the honor to ...
Page 97
... ship which should have been making for Clarence , went aground some ten miles or more away to the south . However , running down Cockburn Sound in a small boat on a suitable day , one is enabled to reconstruct events on given data ...
... ship which should have been making for Clarence , went aground some ten miles or more away to the south . However , running down Cockburn Sound in a small boat on a suitable day , one is enabled to reconstruct events on given data ...
Page 98
... ship had brought up too near the shore , which perhaps was the case in this instance , for the convenience of landing stores upon a beach where there is no wharf , ' says John Morgan , Colonial Storekeeper , giving the one specific ...
... ship had brought up too near the shore , which perhaps was the case in this instance , for the convenience of landing stores upon a beach where there is no wharf , ' says John Morgan , Colonial Storekeeper , giving the one specific ...
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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