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Dyson's Swamp: The entire first section of the book (1810-1833) is complete. On my revised schedule for this year I am 2 months late. I'm improving.

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OldPerth and HistoricalPanoramas @HistoricalPanos·

@warpedtime @DodgyPerth @ColourMePerth Thanks Alan for posing this great mystery, and to Reece for helping solve it.
BTW: the @StateLibraryWA description was correct, but it wasn't obvious. ;-)
http://oldperth.org.au/#00011363
In the next update we will map this to the Perth Train Station location.

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Nice little mystery. Found this on Old Perth @HistoricalPanos I don't think it is located either where it's label or it's GPS suggests. I'm not including either so as not to raise misconceptions. Date 1880's any thoughts? @DodgyPerth @ColourMePerth

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https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/news/dyson-grave-restoration-at-east-perth-cemeteries/

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Should I include historic racist quotes about Aboriginal people in a government report? (With appropriate warning at the start.) To leave them in is to use disturbing language. To leave them out makes some colonists look better than they were. Thoughts?

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