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THE MIRROR
OF
LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
| VOL. XVII, NO. 480.] | SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 1831. | [PRICE 2d. |
SWAN RIVER.SWAN RIVER.
"A view in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of aFort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from itsmouth. The objects are, on the left, in the distance, Garden Island,that on the right of it Pulo Carnac; between the two is the only knownentrance for shipping into Cockburn Sound, which lies between GardenIsland and the main land; the anchorage being off the island. On theright is the mouth of the Swan River. On the left, a temporary mud work,overlooking a small bay where the troops disembarked. In the foregroundtis a road leading to the intended fort and cantonment on the river."
Few subjects in our recent volumes have excited more attention than thefacts we have there assembled relative to the New Colony on Swan River.The most substantial and agreeable proofs of this popularity have beenthe frequent reprints of the Numbers containing these Notices, and thecontinued inquiries for them to the present moment. For the informationof such persons as are casual purchasers of our work, we subjoin thenumbers:
No. 368 and 369 contain the papers (abridged) from the QuarterlyReview, with the Regulations issued from the Colonial Office; and anEngraved Chart which is more correct than that in the Q. Rev.
Nos. 410 and 411 contain an Engraved View on the Banks of the River,from an original drawing by one of the expedition; and a copy of Mr.Fraser's Report of the Botanical and other productions of the Colony.
No. 430 contains an important Letter from the Colony.
No. 464 contains an account (with extracts,) of the first Newspaperwritten, not printed, in the settlement.
The annexed Engraving is from a well-drawn lithograph distributed withNo. 12 of the Foreign Literary Gazette date March, 1830; thesupport of which work by the public was by no means commensurate withits claims.
The letter-press with which the Engraving was circulated contains littlebeyond the earliest settlement. The most recently received account isthat conveyed through the Literary Gazette, a fortnight since;and as no paper is more to be relied on for information connected withexpeditions of discovery, colonial matters, &c. we extract nearly thewhole of the communication:—
Perth Town, Swan River, Western Australia, Oct. 4, 1830.
My dear ——, a ship being about to sail in the course of a week forEngland, I must not lose the opportunity of giving you a few linesrespecting our movements and the state of the colony. I am somewhatlate in my communications to my friends; but as this is the second shiponly that has sailed direc