Correspondence, 1882-1908 [microform]. [19--]

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Correspondence, 1882-1908 [microform]. [19--]

Two letters from Alexander Forrest (1882), one enclosing a report of his 200,000 acres in the Kimberley, the other enclosing a receipt for rent of these leases; 6 letters by W.N. MacDonald, mainly from the Kimberley, to his brother and sister in NSW (1897-1908).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8151610

Libraries Australia

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MacDonald, William Neil, 1860-1910.

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Pastoralist, pioneer of the Kimberley district of WA. With his brother Charles and others made an epic droving journey from NSW across to WA, eventually settling on "Fossil Downs" in 1886. From the description of Correspondence, 1882-1908 [microform]. [19--] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762850610 ...

Forrest, Alexander, 1849-1901

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Surveyer, explorer, financier, and politician. Brother of John Forrest with whom he explored in 1869 in search of Leichhardt and in 1871 along the south coast of W.A. to Eucla and S.A. In 1879 he explored from the De Grey to the Kimberley and Fitzroy River, where he took up several pastoral stations with his brothers. He was Mayor of Perth, 1892-1895 and 1898-1900, as well as MLC and MLA for Kimberley. From the description of Share certificates. 1895. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat ...