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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... called ' Peelfold ' , for an ancient stone cross had stood on the spot long before a house was built there . In due course William Peele's son Robert inherited the property . This Robert Peel was a tall robust handsome man , of ...
... called ' Peelfold ' , for an ancient stone cross had stood on the spot long before a house was built there . In due course William Peele's son Robert inherited the property . This Robert Peel was a tall robust handsome man , of ...
Page 173
... called him , 11 and his touchy and quarrel- some nature is evident in his letters and in his newspaper , which he largely wrote himself , regarding it as a vehicle for his grievances . He first achieved notoriety in 1832 by ...
... called him , 11 and his touchy and quarrel- some nature is evident in his letters and in his newspaper , which he largely wrote himself , regarding it as a vehicle for his grievances . He first achieved notoriety in 1832 by ...
Page 238
... called it in a letter of 185937 had clung to the rim of the continent , not to be dislodged by the repeated blows of ill fortune , but to endure , just as he had , uncomfortably , poorly and doggedly . He felt himself one with it : at ...
... called it in a letter of 185937 had clung to the rim of the continent , not to be dislodged by the repeated blows of ill fortune , but to endure , just as he had , uncomfortably , poorly and doggedly . He felt himself one with it : at ...
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aborigines acres of land Adam Armstrong appeared arrived Association Australind became brother Captain Meares Captain Stirling Clarence Clifton Co-partnership Cockburn Sound Colonial Office Colonial Secretary Cooper and Levey 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 horse 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