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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Page 75
... acres under cultivation , but our crops have not succeeded well this year , on account of our sow- ing the seed too soon after the first turning up , for the land requires to lie fallow for some time . However , it is all ready for next ...
... acres under cultivation , but our crops have not succeeded well this year , on account of our sow- ing the seed too soon after the first turning up , for the land requires to lie fallow for some time . However , it is all ready for next ...
Page 137
... acres , as a unity . * The plan agreed upon was drawn up by Charles : ' Admitting that the estate returned £ 800 per annum clear profit , the following proposals are submitted to the members : ' First , that John be paid all sums ...
... acres , as a unity . * The plan agreed upon was drawn up by Charles : ' Admitting that the estate returned £ 800 per annum clear profit , the following proposals are submitted to the members : ' First , that John be paid all sums ...
Page 158
... acres of our Grant on the Blackwood . The place we have fixed upon to commence is a peninsula of forty acres , between two and three hundred yards across the neck , which we have fenced with a post and rail of split mahogany . . . . It ...
... acres of our Grant on the Blackwood . The place we have fixed upon to commence is a peninsula of forty acres , between two and three hundred yards across the neck , which we have fenced with a post and rail of split mahogany . . . . It ...
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