Diary & letters of Admiral Sir C. H. Fremantle, G.C.B. : relating to the founding of the colony of Western Australia, 1829 / edited by Lord Cottesloe

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AuthorFremantle, Charles Howe , 1800-1869 , SirDescriptionCaptain Charles Fremantle took formal possession of the west coast of Australia on May 2, 1829 - a month before the first European settlers arrived in the new colony. This book was published to mark the centenary of this event, and is comprised of Fremantle's diary for the four months he remained in the Swan River Colony and also for a brief return visit he made three years later. The diary and letters of the 29 year old Captain Fremantle provide day by day accounts of the voyage from Great Britain, the early explorations of the Swan River and its environs, and the lives of the first settlers. Captain Fremantle reveals how he and his men hunted seals and other animals, constructed the first buildings in the colony, planted gardens, and he describes in detail his dealings with the Aboriginal inhabitantsImprintLondon : Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1928Collation94 p. : map., port. on frontispiece ; 23 cm.LanguageEnglishNotes(reprinted1985); "Printed for private circulation, 1928" - t.p.Dewey Class910.45 FREPublication FormatBook

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Barcode30118000195929LocationReference Collection

PeopleSir Charles Howe FremantleSubjectAboriginal AustraliansCollectionPublications Collection

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