The pioneers : a story of Wanneroo, 1834-1985 / by Adrian Chambers.

By: Chambers, AdrianContributor(s): Wanneroo (W.A. : Municipality). CouncilMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Joondalup, W.A. : City of Wanneroo, 1991Description: xx, 228 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0958945209Subject(s): Nyoongah Community (W.A.) | Pioneers -- Western Australia -- Wanneroo | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1788-1850 | History - Battles - Pinjarra | Settlement and contacts - Colonisation - 1851- | Settlement and contacts - Government settlements, reserves | Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900 | Religions - Christianity - Missions | Settlement and contacts - Settlers | Noongar / Nyungar / Nyungah people (W41) (WA SI50) | Wanneru (W.A.) -- History | Western Australia -- Wanneru | Wanneroo (W.A.) -- History | Wanneroo (Perth SW WA SH50-14) | Gnangara Lake (Perth SW WA SH50-14) | Pinjarra (SW WA SI50-02)Genre/Form: History. DDC classification: 994.11 Summary: History of Wanneroo including some mentions of Indigenous people in the area; battle of Pinjarra; life of Aboriginal people before settlement; setting up, problems and relocation, of Native Experimental Farm (Mission Farm); background to, and grant of, Aboriginal reserve near Lake Gnangara in 1887, cancellation of reserve in 1901 and return of the land in 1975; Nyoongah Aboriginal Community.
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Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 195-199.

History of Wanneroo including some mentions of Indigenous people in the area; battle of Pinjarra; life of Aboriginal people before settlement; setting up, problems and relocation, of Native Experimental Farm (Mission Farm); background to, and grant of, Aboriginal reserve near Lake Gnangara in 1887, cancellation of reserve in 1901 and return of the land in 1975; Nyoongah Aboriginal Community.

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