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 14
... ship ' Warrior ' . Wooden sailing - ships were things of beauty no doubt when seen from without . They were commonly , from within , places of discomfort and even of misery during voyages to the Antipodes , which lasted a hundred days ...
... ship ' Warrior ' . Wooden sailing - ships were things of beauty no doubt when seen from without . They were commonly , from within , places of discomfort and even of misery during voyages to the Antipodes , which lasted a hundred days ...
Page 17
... ship's boats after a visit to St. Jago ( ? C. Verde Islands ) , he and Charles decided to bathe . ' And what think you happened ? The lubber undressed himself in the presence of great part of the crew of a pirate that lay in the bay ...
... ship's boats after a visit to St. Jago ( ? C. Verde Islands ) , he and Charles decided to bathe . ' And what think you happened ? The lubber undressed himself in the presence of great part of the crew of a pirate that lay in the bay ...
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... ship was plunging up and down , so as to immerse the unfortunate wretch every five minutes overhead and ears , the difficulty appeared so great as to preclude all hope of success . It was at this point that my genius for expedients ...
... ship was plunging up and down , so as to immerse the unfortunate wretch every five minutes overhead and ears , the difficulty appeared so great as to preclude all hope of success . It was at this point that my genius for expedients ...
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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