Book Description
Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Slight skew to spine. Interior and binding are still very good. The 1832 census of the Swan River Colony, the first census ever taken in Western Australia, is a document of immense historical significance. James Stirling orderd it to be taken shortly before his departure to England in August 1832. In editing the census, Ian Berryman collated it with orther contemporary manuscript records including passenger lists, land grant applications, other offical corrospondenace, private letters and diaries. Also included are brief biographical notes on the persons enumerated in the census, and a list of colonists known to have died between June 1829 and July 1832. (back cover)