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 91
... young lady was apparently so delicate and nice that she could not endure the hardships of the new settlement , and her father , so he said , paid a large sum out of his capital to send her home on the Wanstead , in charge of Captain ...
... young lady was apparently so delicate and nice that she could not endure the hardships of the new settlement , and her father , so he said , paid a large sum out of his capital to send her home on the Wanstead , in charge of Captain ...
Page 162
... young men ' consider it very hard that the parties who were slain at Pinjarra by the soldiers and police should have been made to suffer for crimes in which they had no participation . . . .'50 Galyute ( or Calliott , as Peel called him ) ...
... young men ' consider it very hard that the parties who were slain at Pinjarra by the soldiers and police should have been made to suffer for crimes in which they had no participation . . . .'50 Galyute ( or Calliott , as Peel called him ) ...
Page 225
... young Tom Peel , evidently considered by his father old enough to manage the place himself , took over . His grandmother , Mrs Bridget Ayrton , went with him to housekeep for him . Marshall Waller Clifton , returning from Perth by way ...
... young Tom Peel , evidently considered by his father old enough to manage the place himself , took over . His grandmother , Mrs Bridget Ayrton , went with him to housekeep for him . Marshall Waller Clifton , returning from Perth by way ...
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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