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 51
... land . The argument was that there would be none left for ordinary settlers . * Another letter to Twiss asserted that Thomas Peel's object was to get possession of the whole water communications of the colony , since his grant took in ...
... land . The argument was that there would be none left for ordinary settlers . * Another letter to Twiss asserted that Thomas Peel's object was to get possession of the whole water communications of the colony , since his grant took in ...
Page 92
... land on the cheap from a departing naval officer . He suspects the Governor of favouring these persons , and has ... grant of land in Western Australia transferred to Van Diemen's Land and in the course of this lengthy , plaintive letter ...
... land on the cheap from a departing naval officer . He suspects the Governor of favouring these persons , and has ... grant of land in Western Australia transferred to Van Diemen's Land and in the course of this lengthy , plaintive letter ...
Page 167
... grant of land . The land was the thing on which he now pinned all his hopes . A month before the Battle of Pinjarra , he wrote to the Governor , who had only been back from England a few weeks , wishing to have made to him the grant in ...
... grant of land . The land was the thing on which he now pinned all his hopes . A month before the Battle of Pinjarra , he wrote to the Governor , who had only been back from England a few weeks , wishing to have made to him the grant in ...
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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