WEST AUSTRALIANA / MARITIME HISTORY
- xii, 169 p. : col. ports., maps ; 26 cm. #010125
- Captain Sir Richard Spencer, Royal Navy hero and early Resident in Albany, W.A.
- First Edition.
- 1 Volunteer and Midshipman
- 2 First Blood 12
- 3 Lieutenant 18
- 4 ‘unprovided with either money or Cloaths’ 24
- 5 ‘Lord Nelson appointed me’ 29
- 6 ‘Zeal for the Service’ 36
- 7 ‘an officer of high promise’ 45
- 8 Husband and Father 57
- 9 The ‘temporary lifeboat’ 67
- 10 ‘I thought to make farmers of them all’ 70
- 11 ‘it is my intention to plant many acres’ 79
- 12 ‘only a few Pease to eat’ 89
- 13 ‘and the Organ of Government’ 97
- 14 ‘the most delightful spot in the world’ 106
- 15 ‘we have all enjoyed the best of health’ 117
- 16 ‘the disorder is not malignant’ 124
- 17 ‘a fit of paralysis’ 135.
- Charles and Joy Staples South West Region Publications Fund.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Spencer, Richard Sir, 1779-1839
- Pioneers — Western Australia — Albany — Biography
- Sailors — Great Britain — Biography
- Albany (W.A.) — Biography
- Great Britain — History, Naval — 18th century — Biography