Search Results

Advanced Search

Note: Layers are contributed from many sources by many people or derived by computer and are the responsibility of the contributor. Layers may be incomplete and locations and dates may be imprecise. Check the layer for details about the source. Absence in TLCMap does not indicate absence in reality. Use of TLCMap may inform heritage research but is not a substitute for established formal and legal processes and consultation.

Log in to save searches and contribute layers.
Displaying 1 result from a total of 1:

Details

Latitude
-31.959769
Longitude
115.86106
Start Date
1834-09-18
End Date
1834-09-18

Description

Sources

ID
t98f9

Extended Data

Location notes
We do not know where exactly Bussell was around Derbarl Yerrigan so have estimated this location.
Date notes
Note at State Library of WA: Letter dated 1835 but 'Possibly should be 1834 as this is a copy of Frances Louisa’s letter to Capel Carter and it has been sent to various friends – all the English postmarks being before September 1835.' [1]
Biographical information
In a letter dated 18 September 1834 or 1835 (see 'Date notes'), Bussell speaks of her first impressions of the Swan River colony.
Links to slavery
Attitudes around race
Attitudes around labour
Images
Images notes
References