Cattle Chosen: The Story of the First Group Settlement in Western Australia, 1829 to 1841First published London, Oxford University Press, 1926, q.v. for annotation. |
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... Vernon and Alfred began their schooling at Winchester . For a decade the widow , whose maiden name had been Frances Louisa Yates , watched over her boys ' training . Financially , success in preparing each for a profession was just ...
... Vernon and Alfred began their schooling at Winchester . For a decade the widow , whose maiden name had been Frances Louisa Yates , watched over her boys ' training . Financially , success in preparing each for a profession was just ...
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... Vernon and Alfred in their sixteenth and fourteenth years were all agog for such an adventure . What youthful spirit could have resisted it ? John , filling in the time before his ordination as tutor to the sons of Mr. John Fleming ...
... Vernon and Alfred in their sixteenth and fourteenth years were all agog for such an adventure . What youthful spirit could have resisted it ? John , filling in the time before his ordination as tutor to the sons of Mr. John Fleming ...
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... Vernon and Alfred slept in the tent with Phoebe . Charles and Dawson pitched a sort of a tent with the sails . I rigged the truck with my hammock , and it kept the rain off beautifully . It blew , rained , thundered and lightened ...
... Vernon and Alfred slept in the tent with Phoebe . Charles and Dawson pitched a sort of a tent with the sails . I rigged the truck with my hammock , and it kept the rain off beautifully . It blew , rained , thundered and lightened ...
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