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Breakaways, The

de Burgh, William and Margaret
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WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL

Family history of the De Burgh family, who emigrated to Western Australia from Ireland in the 1840s ; based on private correspondence, diaries, public records and contemporary newspapers ; includes reflections about the Aboriginal people encountered.

Henry and Robert de Burgh migrated to Western Australia in the ill-fatedJames Matthews in April 1841.

x, 304 p., 24 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 23 cm. First Edition #280623  (Name on endpp.)

De Burgh family.  |  De Burgh family. Western Australia, 1841-1896  |  Economic sectors – Agriculture and horticulture – Pastoral industry.  |  History – Biographies – Non-Indigenous.  |  Settlement and contacts – Colonisation – 1851-  |  Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900.  |  Settlement and contacts – Settlers.  |  Western Australia — Genealogy.  |  Fremantle (Perth SW WA SI50-02)  |  Western Australia (WA)  |  Moore River (SW WA SH50-14)

 

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Authorde Burgh, William and Margaret
Number of pages304
Publisher St George Books, Perth WA
Year Published1981
Binding Type

Hardcover in Dustjacket
Book Condition

Near Fine

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