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Description:George Webb lived in Perth from April 1839 until January 1848, working in the commissariat building (where the Supreme Court now stands), and progressing from Assistant Clerk to Deputy Assistant Commissary General by December 1845. He was a 'young man about town', organising Assembly balls and Foundation Day regattas, singing at St Patrick's Day dinners and taking part in Perth's first amateur theatricals. To enlighten his family and friends back home about life at Swan River he wrote lengthy 'sketches' including descriptions of Perth and its lifestyle plus reports of visiting the Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island, fighting a bushfire on Mount Eliza, visiting the caves at Yanchep, and sitting in at a session of the Legislative Council. He also included a description of seasonal changes at Lake Monger and a lengthy portrait of an Aboriginal youth called Warrup, his manservant. The sketches were published in 1847, in monthly issues of the London newspaper the Swan River News, providing us with a snapshot of life in Perth around 1841-43. Our Western Australian Home is a very useful addition to information about the early colony.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Western Australian home : being sketches of scenery and society in the colony. To get started finding Our Western Australian home : being sketches of scenery and society in the colony, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 41

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Publisher: Hesperian Press

Release: 2016

ISBN: 0859056368

Description: George Webb lived in Perth from April 1839 until January 1848, working in the commissariat building (where the Supreme Court now stands), and progressing from Assistant Clerk to Deputy Assistant Commissary General by December 1845. He was a 'young man about town', organising Assembly balls and Foundation Day regattas, singing at St Patrick's Day dinners and taking part in Perth's first amateur theatricals. To enlighten his family and friends back home about life at Swan River he wrote lengthy 'sketches' including descriptions of Perth and its lifestyle plus reports of visiting the Aboriginal prison on Rottnest Island, fighting a bushfire on Mount Eliza, visiting the caves at Yanchep, and sitting in at a session of the Legislative Council. He also included a description of seasonal changes at Lake Monger and a lengthy portrait of an Aboriginal youth called Warrup, his manservant. The sketches were published in 1847, in monthly issues of the London newspaper the Swan River News, providing us with a snapshot of life in Perth around 1841-43. Our Western Australian Home is a very useful addition to information about the early colony.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Our Western Australian home : being sketches of scenery and society in the colony. To get started finding Our Western Australian home : being sketches of scenery and society in the colony, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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