WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal
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.
“Tells the story of Eliza Shaw, who exchanged the world of drawing-rooms and embroidery in Leicestershire for the hard life of a pioneer settlement in the 19th century Western Australia.”
- 286 p., [12] p. of plates, [2] leaves of plates (1 fold.) : ill., facsim., geneal. table, maps, ports. ; 23 cm. #220424 First Edition.
- Shaw, Eliza, 1794-1877
- Shaw, William, 1788-1862
- Shaw, Elizabeth Cooper, 1794-1877
- Frontier and pioneer life — Western Australia
- Pioneers — Western Australia — Biography
- Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1788-1850
- Western Australia — History
- Swan River (SW WA SH50-14)