Western Australia or Swan River Colony
Western Australia Day, June 1st 2012, previously known as Foundation Day, gives us a chance to pause and reflect on the founding of our state.
According to an item in The Emigrant's Friend published in London in 1848, the Swan River Colony was not a resounding success.
... "History - The first Colonists arrived at Swan River in 1829 - they found the country dreary and barren, for many miles inland, and the waters brackish. It was, however, too late to recede; they penentrated to a more fertile spot, and there established themselves on their own resources, without a house to receive them or a crop to support them."...
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An article in the The West Australian - Tuesday, 25 July 1905, pp3., quoted below, gives us further insight to the founding of Western Australia.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 03 June 2012 )
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