Black, Dianne, Janet Holman, Jean Northover (researcher and compiler), Margaret Parlevliet (Ed.)

Pioneers of the Preston : the story of Thomas George Chapman and Selina Gardiner and their family, settlers of the south west of Western Australia

Perth: D. Black, 2010. Quarto, stiff pictorial wraps with light crease to front, b&w illus, colour illus, maps, pp x, 359. Signed by co-author Janet Holman (great-great granddaughter of Thomas George Chapman and Selina Gardiner), with presentation inscription. Near-fine condition.

Thomas George Chapman arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1835. Around two thousand people can now trace their roots to his marriage to Selina Gardner, who arrived in 1842. The book is a very detailed history of the family and the many descendants, particularly in the South West, with hundreds of early photographs. Item #101958

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