Biography of western Australian politician, explorer, magistrate, farmer and merchant, Maitland Brown, one of the first generation of European settlers born in the Swan River colony; includes discussion of the Fairbairn report on the position of Aborigines and settlers in the Upper Murchison and Gascoyne. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1988 404 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 21 cm. |
First Edition. #260621
Brown, Maitland, 1843-1905. | Explorers — Western Australia — Biography. | Politicians — Western Australia — Biography. | Farmers — Western Australia — Biography. | Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1851- | History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous. | Government policy – State and territory – Western Australia. | Western Australia — History — 1829-1900. | Western Australia (WA)