Western pioneers : the battle well fought / by J.E. Hammond ; edited by Osland K. Battye

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Hammond, J. E. (Jesse E.), 1858-
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Perth : Imperial Printing Company, 1936
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WESTERN PIONEERS 1
WESTERN PIONEERS THE BATTLE WELL FOUGHT 7
EDITOR'S NOTE 11
CONTENTS 15
INTRODUCTION 17
PART ONE WESTERN PIONEERS The battle Well Fought 19
JOURNEY TO THE MURRAY 21
PROLIFIC GARDEN 25
BRIGHT-HUED BIRDS AND FLOWERS 28
MISCELLANY OF FARM IMPLEMENTS 35
WE RETURN TO PERTH 41
AN ENCOUNTER BY THE WAY 44
HOW THE BAKER’S BOY WORKED 47
HOW THE WORKER FARED 54
DAIRYING IN THE ’SEVENTIES 57
PIONEER FAMILY 60
HOW THE WOMEN PLAYED THEIR PART 65
OLD-TIME MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 67
EARLY MINERAL EXPORTS 71
NATIVE MURDERS 74
WORKING IN GERALDTON 78
PIONEERS OF THE NORTH-WEST 79
BENEFITS OF PEARLING 81
TOLL OF THE NORTH-WEST 83
OWNERS OF THE LAND 86
TRANSPORT CHANGES 89
FARM IMPLEMENTS IMPROVE 90
PART TWO 95
MEMORIES OF PEOPLE AND PLACES Some Notable West Australians 97
HAMERSLEY FAMILY 110
PIONEER OF CARNARVON 113
BERKSHIRE VALLEY PIONEERS 116
MITCHELL FAMILY 116
CLIFTON FAMILY 117
MR. AND MRS. THOMPSON LOGUE 117
GERALDTON IN THE ’SEVENTIES 118
CLARKSON DISASTER IN 1874 127
GREENOUGH FLATS IN THE EARLY ’SEVENTIES 135
DONGARA AND THE UPPER IRWIN, 1881 137
BUSSELTON IN THE EARLY ’SEVENTIES 140
YORK FROM THE ’SIXTIES TO THE ’EIGHTIES 146
NORTHAM IN THE EARLY ’EIGHTIES 149
TOODYAY IN THE ’SEVENTIES AND ’EIGHTIES 152
MANDURAH IN THE ’SIXTIES 155
COOPER’S MILL AT MANDURAH 159
EARLY MEMORIES OF GUILDFORD 162
BUNBURY IN THE ’SEVENTIES 163
BIRTH OF DENMARK 165
ALBANY IN THE EARLY ’SEVENTIES 167
BROOKTON AND BEVERLEY IN THE ’EIGHTIES 168
PINGELLY DISTRICT 169
WOMEN IN PIONEERING WORK 172
TWO WOMEN’S ORGANISATIONS 174
WOMEN IN PUBLIC LIFE 177
MRS. COWAN 178
PART THREE 179
MEMORIES AT RANDOM MY EXPERIENCE OF PROSPECTING 181
LINK WITH WATERLOO 186
CAUSEWAY AND SOME EARLY HOMES 189
QUEEN’S GARDENS, PERTH 195
TWO EVENTFUL VOYAGES 199
ARRIVAL OF THE “ROCKINGHAM” 202
DOCTORS IN THE ’SEVENTIES 205
OLD PERTH PUBLIC HOSPITAL 207
YOUNG PEOPLE OF YESTERDAY AND TO-DAY 208
AN EXPLOSION IN HAY STREET 213
FIRST RAILWAY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA 215
COCKLESHELL GULLY 216
DINNER PARTY 217
FIRST ORGANS BUILT IN THE COLONY 218
MEMORIES OF PERTH’S WATERFRONT 220
EARLY TRADESMEN OF PERTH 224
BOAT-BUILDERS 229
BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS 230
BOOTMAKING TRADE 236
MATERIAL FOR THE BUILDING TRADE 239
WORD FOR THE NATIVES 241
NATIVE SPEECHES IN PUBLIC 247
FREMANTLE IN THE ’SEVENTIES AND ’EIGHTIES 249
WORD IN CONCLUSION 255

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