 During August and October 1839 the "Perth Gazette" published "Vocabulary of the Aboriginal people of Western Australia" written by Lieutenant Grey of HM 83rd Regiment.Grey spent twelve months studying the languages of the Nyungar people and came to the conclusion that there was much in common between them, just prior to the publication he received from Mr Bussel of the Busselton district a list of 320 words from that region which was near identical to those he had collected in the Swan River region.The work of Grey much to his disappointment was published in an unfinished list as he was leaving the colony, but he believed that the publication would assist in communication between settlers and Nyungar people.