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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... miles up the estuary , how- ever , a series of peninsulas took their fancy . In December 1831 , John explained their reasons for leaving the port of Augusta . I have selected a very excellent grant of land on the Blackwood about twelve ...
... miles up the estuary , how- ever , a series of peninsulas took their fancy . In December 1831 , John explained their reasons for leaving the port of Augusta . I have selected a very excellent grant of land on the Blackwood about twelve ...
Page 124
... mile from the river , commanding a beautiful view of the Sound . The country is just now an exquisite green , and ... miles . I did the best for them that I could in the way of meals and shakes - down , but 124 IX DISSOLUTION OF THE GROUP.
... mile from the river , commanding a beautiful view of the Sound . The country is just now an exquisite green , and ... miles . I did the best for them that I could in the way of meals and shakes - down , but 124 IX DISSOLUTION OF THE GROUP.
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... miles from this , has another at Port Curtis , 600 miles off . They are very fond of asking me questions about Western Australia , and seem astonished at the small way in which we go on , after being there so many years . The Swan River ...
... miles from this , has another at Port Curtis , 600 miles off . They are very fond of asking me questions about Western Australia , and seem astonished at the small way in which we go on , after being there so many years . The Swan River ...
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aboriginal Adelphi arrived Augusta Barsey beautiful Bessie Bessie's Blackwood Blackwood River boat boys breakfast brothers brought Bussell family Bussell's Busselton butter Cape Leeuwin Capel Carter Captain Molloy Captain Toby Cattle Chosen Chapmans Charles Bussell Charlotte colonists colony commenced cows Dawson dear diary dinner dogs Ellen England Fanny Bussell Fanny's farm fear fire fish flour forest Fremantle garden Gaywal Geographe Bay Governor Stirling Green hope horse J. G. Bussell John Bussell John Garrett Bussell John's kangaroo King George's Sound labour land Larkham Layman Lenox Leschenault letter living look Mamma Mary McDermott miles Miss morning natives night party Pearce Perth Pinjarra pork pounds savage servant settlement settlers Shann sheep ship soldiers spear Sunday Swan River things timber trees Turner Vasse Vasse River Vernon and Alfred Western Australia William Marchant Yulika