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... settlement was transferred to Rockingham , a port about fourteen miles to the south of Fremantle , which was named after Capt . Fremantle of H.M.S. Challenger , who hoisted the British flag near the mouth of the Swan River on a site ...
... settlement was transferred to Rockingham , a port about fourteen miles to the south of Fremantle , which was named after Capt . Fremantle of H.M.S. Challenger , who hoisted the British flag near the mouth of the Swan River on a site ...
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... Settlement - The Messrs . Piesse- Model Colonial Pioneers . ONE hundred and eighteen miles from Albany one comes across a settlement which is not only the sample one on the West Australian Land Company's concession , but is destined ...
... Settlement - The Messrs . Piesse- Model Colonial Pioneers . ONE hundred and eighteen miles from Albany one comes across a settlement which is not only the sample one on the West Australian Land Company's concession , but is destined ...
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... settlement cannot fail to recognise how well the selections have been chosen for your Company , so that without doubt you hold a great deal of the best of that district of the colony . I have ascertained from official sources and the ...
... settlement cannot fail to recognise how well the selections have been chosen for your Company , so that without doubt you hold a great deal of the best of that district of the colony . I have ascertained from official sources and the ...
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