Thomas Peel of Swan RiverHistory of the Swan River Settlement, W.A. and its founder Thomas Peel 1768-1865; Settlement founded 1829; p.77- 78; Contact & reactions between the first Swan River settlers and the Aborigines; Chp.IX; Settlers difficulties with the Murray River Aborigines - murder and plunder - police force formed - Pinjarra area; Effort to civilize Aborigines; Institution for natives founded at foot of Mount Elna 1837 under F.F. Armstrong; Attitude of settlers improved. |
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Page 157
... Mandurah House and , while the others rested from their labours , Mr Roe finished writing up the account of his notebook : This rencontre with the natives and the uncertainty of the measures which our late salutary example of them might ...
... Mandurah House and , while the others rested from their labours , Mr Roe finished writing up the account of his notebook : This rencontre with the natives and the uncertainty of the measures which our late salutary example of them might ...
Page 163
... Mandurah for Perth , where the younger children went to the school run by the Colonial Chaplain , the Reverend J. Wittenoom . The cottage at Mandurah was left empty and desolate and the Peel children mourned their lost comrades . Young ...
... Mandurah for Perth , where the younger children went to the school run by the Colonial Chaplain , the Reverend J. Wittenoom . The cottage at Mandurah was left empty and desolate and the Peel children mourned their lost comrades . Young ...
Page 217
... Mandurah . Its first tracks over the low coastal scrub must have been laid down by Thomas Peel himself , by horse and bullock cart , in 1830 and 1831 as he passed between Clarence and Mandurah , at first seeking better country than the ...
... Mandurah . Its first tracks over the low coastal scrub must have been laid down by Thomas Peel himself , by horse and bullock cart , in 1830 and 1831 as he passed between Clarence and Mandurah , at first seeking better country than the ...
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aborigines acres of land Adam Armstrong appeared arrived Association Australind became brother Captain Meares Captain Stirling Clarence Clifton Co-partnership coast Cockburn Sound Colonial Office Colonial Secretary Cooper and Levey cousin Daniel Cooper daughter debt December Deed Despatches Dora Dunnage Elmslie Emancipists emigrants England establishment Frederick Peel Fremantle Garden Island gentlemen Gilmore Government Governor Stirling grant of land Hall ibid indentured James Stirling January knew labour Land Titles Office later letter Levey's Location 16 London Mandurah Mandurah House Mary Charlotte ment months Murray River natives party Peel's Peelfold person Perth Gazette Pinjarra received reported Robert Peel Rockingham sailed Serpentine Farm servants settlement scheme settlers shillings ship Sir George Murray soldiers Solomon Levey South Wales Stirling's Swan River colony Swan River Guardian Sydney Thomas Peel townsite Twiss Wakefield Western Australia wife William wrote