Early Swan River ColonyAccount of the early settlement of Western Australia, from European discovery of the Swan River until the arrival of the first convict ships in 1850. |
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... Ship's surgeon , Dr Alexander Collie reported that the unfortunate women were ' benumbed from wet and exposure , afflicted with fainting and hysterical paroxysms from being cramped up and from want of ventilation . ' When the ship was ...
... Ship's surgeon , Dr Alexander Collie reported that the unfortunate women were ' benumbed from wet and exposure , afflicted with fainting and hysterical paroxysms from being cramped up and from want of ventilation . ' When the ship was ...
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... ship and certainly cost him his temper : ' Never since I have been at sea have I witnessed anything to equal the carelessness and stupidity of the Master ... ' he wrote furiously in his journal . ' It was a thousand chances that we ...
... ship and certainly cost him his temper : ' Never since I have been at sea have I witnessed anything to equal the carelessness and stupidity of the Master ... ' he wrote furiously in his journal . ' It was a thousand chances that we ...
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... ship edged slowly forward , but at six o'clock the tide turned , causing even greater danger as the stricken vessel began to roll alarmingly , snapping cables , carrying away anchors , and drifting rapidly towards the rocks . When the ship ...
... ship edged slowly forward , but at six o'clock the tide turned , causing even greater danger as the stricken vessel began to roll alarmingly , snapping cables , carrying away anchors , and drifting rapidly towards the rocks . When the ship ...
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Aborigines acres anchor arrived Australind Battye Library Benedictine built Bussell Cape Captain Fremantle Captain Irwin Captain Stirling Cattle Chosen Challenger Church coast Cockburn Sound Colonial Office Colonial Secretary Commander Dance convict Currie DATE DUE STANFORD Dr Collie Drummond DUE STANFORD UNIVERSITY early Ellen Stirling England established expedition exploration farm Garden Island Governor Darling Governor Stirling grant Guildford H.M.S. Sulphur Hardey hereby given J.S. Roe John June kangaroo labour land later leading settlers Lieutenant March Matilda Midgigoroo military Mitchell Library Molloy Mount Eliza Norcia NOTICE is hereby Parkfield Parmelia party PETER BROWN Reveley Rosendo Salvado Rottnest Island sailed sailors servants ship Sir George Murray Sir James Stirling soldiers soon spearing St Georges Terrace Stirling's Swan River area Swan River Colony Swan River Mania Thomas Peel Thomas Turner W.A. town Turner W.A. Art UNIVERSITY 3 6105 voyage W.A. Art Gallery Western Australia wife Wollaston Yagan young