GC Bolton
Biographic Data
| ID | 6470466 |
|---|---|
| NAME | GC Bolton |
| GIVEN NAMES | GC |
| FAMILY NAME | Bolton |
| SIGNATURE | BOLTON G |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Tommy Dower and the Perth newspapers
Among the pioneer graves in the East Perth cemetery is a well-kept headstone commemorating Tommy Dower, who died on 2 July 1895 at the age of fifty.According to his epitaph: 'He was possessed of more than ordinary intelligence and ability'.He is almost certainly the only person of Aboriginal origin interred among Perth's colonial elite.It is usually thought that he owes this distinction to being the survivor of the three notable Aborigines-all of…
The People of Perth
It was scarcely surprising there that Captain Stirling chose as the capital of the new settlement a site midway between the known limits of likely agricultural development and the harbour town of Fremantle, and on the colony's first commercial line, the Swan River itself. Western Australia was founded as a colony of individual private enterprise, and all early decisions concerning it, including the siting of the capital, reflected and embodied th…
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The People of Perth
It was scarcely surprising there that Captain Stirling chose as the capital of the new settlement a site midway between the known limits of likely agricultural development and the harbour town of Fremantle, and on the colony's first commercial line, the Swan River itself. Western Australia was founded as a colony of individual private enterprise, and all early decisions concerning it, including the siting of the capital, reflected and embodied th…
Tommy Dower and the Perth newspapers
Among the pioneer graves in the East Perth cemetery is a well-kept headstone commemorating Tommy Dower, who died on 2 July 1895 at the age of fifty.According to his epitaph: 'He was possessed of more than ordinary intelligence and ability'.He is almost certainly the only person of Aboriginal origin interred among Perth's colonial elite.It is usually thought that he owes this distinction to being the survivor of the three notable Aborigines-all of…
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