Yeera Muk A Doo: A Saga of the North-West: The First Settlement of the North-West Australia by Nancy E Withnell Taylor

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Secondhand. Fair condition. Ex library copy with stamps and stickers on the inside. Substanial wear and mark to covers. Slight skew to spine. Marks on foredges. Marks on some pages. Binding is still good.

Full title: Yeer Muk A Doo: A Saga of the North-West: The First Settlement of the North-West Australia Told Through the Withnell and Hancock Families 1861 to 1890 by Nancy E Withnell Taylor

This book is a social history of the first European settlement in the North-West of Western Australia, covering 1861 to 1890, told through the Withnell and Hancock families. It begins with the arrival of William and Martha Withnell in the Swan River Colony. It includes explorations by Francis Thomas Gregory and the establishment of Roebourne, the first town in the North-West, in 1866.

Yeera-Muk-a-Doo is an Aboriginal name for the place where the European pioneer John Withnell built his first home in the North-West, on land that later became the townsite of Roebourne. (Foreword by Rica Erickson)

Includes bibliographical references and index.