   thumb|thomas peel's headstone mr. peel, he moans, took him from england to swan river, west australia, means of subsistence and of production to the amount of Â£50,000. mr. peel had the foresight to bring with him, besides, 300 persons of the working-class, men, women, and children. once arrived at his destination, "mr. peel was left without a servant to make his bed or fetch him water from the river." unhappy mr. peel who provided for everything except the export of english modes of production to swan river. âkarl marx, das kapital, volume one, chapter 33.marx k das kapital relevant page (google books) thomas peel (1793â1865)alexandra hasluck, 'peel, thomas (1793 - 1865)', australian dictionary of biography, vol. 2, mup, 1967, pp 320-322. retrieved 2009-11-04 was one of the very early settlers of western australia. he was a second cousin of sir robert peel. ==biography== ===early life=== thomas peel was born in lancashire, england, the second son of thomas peel and his wife dorothy, nÃ©e bolton. he was educated at harrow school and was employed by attorneys. ===adult life in australia=== in 1828, he went to london with plans to migrate to new south wales. however, peel and three others including an mp, potter mcqueen, formed a consortium to found a colony at the swan river in western australia by sending settlers there with stock and necessary materials. the consortium requested a grant from the british colonial office in london of 4,000,000 acres (16,000 kmÂ²). the government declined this and offered a grant of 1,000,000 acres (4,000 kmÂ²) on certain conditions. early in 1829, all the members of the consortium withdrew except peel. fresh conditions were made, the final arrangement being that if peel landed 400 settlers before 1st november 1829, he would receive 25
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