University of Western Australia Press for the Shire of Plantagenet, Date: 1979. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine.  WEST AUSTRALIANA#190923/090524 xvii, 412 p. : ill., map on endpapers, ports. ; 25 cm. Western Australia. Plantagenet Shire, 1827-1977 Plantagenet (W.A.) -- History First Edition. Plantagenet County was explored in 1829 by Surgeon T B Wilson RN, then later by Governor James Stirling and charted by Surveyor Septimus Roe. The resulting map showed forests and valleys of good land, lakes, swamps, lagoons and rivers. Between the Kent River and the Hay River was ""Rich and beautiful country"". Aboriginals knew it well and had thrived on its bounty for countless generations. But the second comers, the differently cultured white immigrants forced out of their own land by poverty and a yearning for a better life, had much to learn ? even for survival. The way they learned is the theme of this history; its scope a century and a half of endeavour and achievement. To preserve the now-remembered and re-create the climate in which the first white settlers began their Australian life, the Plantagenet Shire sought help from the authors, before the old family tales had been forgotten and precious letters and records destroyed. Transportation and the opening of the Convict Hiring Depot at Albany brought benefits to the settlers. The convict gangs cleared and formed the Perth-Albany road. Educated ticket-of-leave men became tutors to reluctant young scholars, hitherto ...

ISBN10: 0855641754, ISBN13: 9780855641757, [publisher: Shire of Plantagenet] Hardcover First Edition This book tells the story Plantagenet County which was explored in 1829 by Surgeon T. B. Wilson R. N. . then later by Governor James Stirling and chartered by Surveyor Septimus Roe. The resulting map showed forests and valleys of good land, lakes, swamps, lagoons and rivers. Between the Kent River and the Hay River was 'Rich and beautiful country'. **The jacket has a tiny tape-repaired tear at the top.**
[Canberra, ACT, Australia] [Publication Year: 1979]
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ISBN10: 0855641754, ISBN13: 9780855641757, [publisher: University of Western Australia Press, Perth] Hardcover Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; ISBN: 0855641754. ISBN/EAN: 9780855641757. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 39806.
[Berry, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1979]
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Perth University of Western Australia Press 1979 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket 9780855641757. Australian History. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Australian History; ISBN: 0855641754. ISBN/EAN: 9780855641757. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 39806.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. ISBN 0855641754 9780855641757 [US]