Documents relating to the settlement of the North-West of Western Australia

Title	Documents relating to the settlement of the North-West of Western Australia
Subject	Frontier and pioneer life--Australia Western Australia--History Voyages and travels Catholic Church Missionary settlements Diaries Italian language--Written Italian Correspondence
Category	1. Settlement 2. National boundaries
Author	Torres, Fulgentius William Dom, O.S.B.
Keywords	journal Kimberley, W.A.
Current holder	State Library of Western Australia
Date	1895
Link	https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1941932
Series number	MN 2109
Item number	ACC 5850A
Access rights	Request at location
Rights	In Copyright. Available for reference; not for loan.
Country of origin	Australia
Place	New Norcia
Language	Italian English
Description from source	1 cm. The first settlement of the North-West of Western Australia was recorded in a document written by Pietro Ferrara, a member of John Withnell's pioneering party. Written in Italian, dated 26 June 1864, the document was addressed to Father Martinez of the New Norcia Mission. Diaries of Abbot F. Torres (from his own notes translated by Father Eugene Perez) which record his journeys from Italy to the Phillipines and return, and his journeys from Europe to Australia. Paper entitled "Pastoral settlement of the North-West" by Dom William, O.S.B., based on a letter written by Pietro Ferraro, which describes the pioneering efforts of John Withnell, Walter Padbury and John Wellard in the early settlement of the North-West of W.A., together with "New light on first North-West settlement" by an unknown author.
Physical format	Manuscripts Diaries Typescripts Correspondence
Bibliographic citation	<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/7JJAJX6Q/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/7JJAJX6Q/</a></p>