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 29
... Sir George Murray , and may have been pinning their hopes on that , more than on the word of the volatile Twiss , who at this point skipped off to Paris for a few weeks ' holiday , leaving the negotiations in the hands of R. W. Hay ...
... Sir George Murray , and may have been pinning their hopes on that , more than on the word of the volatile Twiss , who at this point skipped off to Paris for a few weeks ' holiday , leaving the negotiations in the hands of R. W. Hay ...
Page 69
... Sir George Murray on 8 August , arguing that he had never assented to Twiss's letter of 29 January which had set the date of 1 November for the arrival of all his emigrants , and that he considered himself bound only by his promise to ...
... Sir George Murray on 8 August , arguing that he had never assented to Twiss's letter of 29 January which had set the date of 1 November for the arrival of all his emigrants , and that he considered himself bound only by his promise to ...
Page 75
... Murray River , so - called after Sir George Murray , their mutual friend : some forty miles south of Fremantle , this was a part of the map that Stirling had not seen on his first voyage , for the simple reason that that section of the ...
... Murray River , so - called after Sir George Murray , their mutual friend : some forty miles south of Fremantle , this was a part of the map that Stirling had not seen on his first voyage , for the simple reason that that section of the ...
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aborigines acres of land Adam Armstrong appeared arrived Association Australind became 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 leave 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