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 131
... ment without pay , which Hay had translated as a proof of the Govern- ment's economy , he begged to observe : If I had supposed at the time that I was engaged in an undertaking originated and to be supported by the Individuals referred ...
... ment without pay , which Hay had translated as a proof of the Govern- ment's economy , he begged to observe : If I had supposed at the time that I was engaged in an undertaking originated and to be supported by the Individuals referred ...
Page 208
... ment of a different township . The townsite of Rockingham , ' plotted out in 1833 , at least it stands so marked in the maps taken home by Sir James Stirling in 1832 ' ( as The Perth Gazette remarked ) , was to be preferred to Liverpool ...
... ment of a different township . The townsite of Rockingham , ' plotted out in 1833 , at least it stands so marked in the maps taken home by Sir James Stirling in 1832 ' ( as The Perth Gazette remarked ) , was to be preferred to Liverpool ...
Page 227
... ment which had been formed at Fremantle two years before this date . Stagnating economically for want of sufficient labour , the colony had petitioned the British Government to become a place to which convicts might be transported ...
... ment which had been formed at Fremantle two years before this date . Stagnating economically for want of sufficient labour , the colony had petitioned the British Government to become a place to which convicts might be transported ...
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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