- Bib ID:
- 7053006
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Webb, George Joseph 1816?-1863, author
- Description:
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- Carlisle, Western Australia : Hesperian Press, 2016
- ©2016
- iii, 41 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780859056366 (paperback)
- Summary:
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George Webb lived in Perth from April 1839 until January 1848 as an Assistant Clerk to progressing from to D.A.C.G (Deputy Assistant Commissary General) in 16 December 1845. To educate his family and friends back home about life at Swan River he wrote lengthy 'sketches' including descriptions of Perth and its lifestyle. He also mentions reports of visiting the Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island, fighting a bushfire on Mount Eliza and excursion to the Northward of Perth, to visit the caves of Maiden, in November, 1841. Webb also included a description of seasonal changes at Lake Monger and a lengthy description of an Aboriginal youth called Warrup. Our Western Australian Home is a very valuable addition to information about the early colony.
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