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 54
... labours until an opportunity for purchasing arrives , or at all events let the cultivation of a garden be the extent ... labour , it is evident that they dug their field for wheat - growing ! memories of the Augusta - Adelphi experiments ...
... labours until an opportunity for purchasing arrives , or at all events let the cultivation of a garden be the extent ... labour , it is evident that they dug their field for wheat - growing ! memories of the Augusta - Adelphi experiments ...
Page 101
... labour to get it pure and good . There is a tradition that at one point , finding himself beset by natives , Mr. Turner scared them away by brandishing his stick with his wig on the point of it ! hostility in these letters creates a ...
... labour to get it pure and good . There is a tradition that at one point , finding himself beset by natives , Mr. Turner scared them away by brandishing his stick with his wig on the point of it ! hostility in these letters creates a ...
Page 182
... . It used to be 2s . 6d . before the gold diggings , when labour rose to an exorbitant price all over the colony . So you see we have been paying im- mensely for our shearing . To - morrow I am going to ride out with 182 APPENDIX.
... . It used to be 2s . 6d . before the gold diggings , when labour rose to an exorbitant price all over the colony . So you see we have been paying im- mensely for our shearing . To - morrow I am going to ride out with 182 APPENDIX.
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