Australias̓ Western Third: A History of Western Australia from the First Settlements to Modern TimesHistory of Western Australian from the time of the earliest white settlers until today. Reconstructs each stage in the State's development. Reference for students. English colonial history. Describing the country as the first settlers found it, and their early struggles for survival, and it traces the political, social and economic growth of the State. Early gold mining days and the development of the farming lands. |
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... South Wales had been occupied in 1788 as a settlement to which convicts and their guards might be sent in order to ease the pressure on the accommodation in the gaols of the home country . The island colony of Van Diemen's Land , later ...
... South Wales had been occupied in 1788 as a settlement to which convicts and their guards might be sent in order to ease the pressure on the accommodation in the gaols of the home country . The island colony of Van Diemen's Land , later ...
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... South Wales or to South Australia when that colony was established in the late ' thirties . There was , for example , James Henty , who was en- titled to a grant of 80,000 acres of land which he might have selected almost anywhere ...
... South Wales or to South Australia when that colony was established in the late ' thirties . There was , for example , James Henty , who was en- titled to a grant of 80,000 acres of land which he might have selected almost anywhere ...
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... South Wales and had been brought to Western Aus- tralia in 1862 at government expense to comment on the pros- pects in the south - western area.1 Economically , Western Australia was never a penal colony in the same way as New South ...
... South Wales and had been brought to Western Aus- tralia in 1862 at government expense to comment on the pros- pects in the south - western area.1 Economically , Western Australia was never a penal colony in the same way as New South ...
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