[Editor: This article was published in The West Australian (1 January 1929).] A hundred years ago Swan River Colony. The story of the annexation. The events that culminated in the departure of an expedition from England, and the establishment of the Swan River Colony, were related by Dr. J. S. Battye, chairman of the State […]
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