Captain Swing
What made people migrate to Western Australia? In the early years of the State, or the Swan River Colony as it was called, there were a couple of main reasons which depended upon the social and economic background of the...
John Skinner Prout
John Skinner Prout (1805-1876) was an artist who came to Australia in the 1840s. He described his voyage out to Australia in an article in The Illustrated London News, with sketches of life on board ship. Emigrants to the Swan River Colony...
The Playles of Essex
John Charles Playle was from Essex and arrived in Western Australia in 1842, placing him among the pioneers of the Swan River Colony. John was born in the village of Stebbing in 1821, one of the five children of John...