Early years of settlement on Swan River; early contacts with Aborigines; thefts by Aborigines, killings and white reprisal; importance of the Aborigines Yagan and his death. Eliza Shaw, who exchanged the world of drawing-rooms and embroidery in Leicestershire for the hard life of a pioneer settlement in c19th Western Australia; b&w plates and fold-out family tree.

286 p., [12] p. of plates, [2] leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill., facsim., geneal. table, maps, ports. ; 23 cm. #0521 First Edition.

Western Australia. (Price clipped / segment torn in dustjacket.)