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Page 87
... Gingin . The tents have a picturesque look , but the life is a rough one . The navvy is a nomadic animal , with very little turn towards settlement and domesticity , and the amateurs imported from home soon fall into the wandering ways ...
... Gingin . The tents have a picturesque look , but the life is a rough one . The navvy is a nomadic animal , with very little turn towards settlement and domesticity , and the amateurs imported from home soon fall into the wandering ways ...
Page 90
... Gingin , of which the future settler will hear a good deal . Dr. Robertson speaks of Gingin as " one of the prettiest and best settled districts in the colony . " Proceeding , he says , " A considerable area of land , probably 2,500 ...
... Gingin , of which the future settler will hear a good deal . Dr. Robertson speaks of Gingin as " one of the prettiest and best settled districts in the colony . " Proceeding , he says , " A considerable area of land , probably 2,500 ...
Page 133
... Gingin Brook , & c . , and water is obtained by sinking at from 25 feet to 60 feet . The rainfall at Guildford and Swan is 32.37 and 28.20 inches respectively ; at Gingin , 30.53 inches ; the average cost of clearing varies from £ 2 per ...
... Gingin Brook , & c . , and water is obtained by sinking at from 25 feet to 60 feet . The rainfall at Guildford and Swan is 32.37 and 28.20 inches respectively ; at Gingin , 30.53 inches ; the average cost of clearing varies from £ 2 per ...
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