The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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Page 420
... squatters " who , as the word was origin- ally employed in Australia , were very often ex - convicts . Men of this class became possessed of property worth as much as £ 40,000 : and incomes mounting to two and three thousand pounds per ...
... squatters " who , as the word was origin- ally employed in Australia , were very often ex - convicts . Men of this class became possessed of property worth as much as £ 40,000 : and incomes mounting to two and three thousand pounds per ...
Page 469
... squatters , had obviously little relation to those which applied to agricultural land . It was dif- ficult for legislators or theorists in Great Britain to define the proper relation between the two forms of utilising the land ...
... squatters , had obviously little relation to those which applied to agricultural land . It was dif- ficult for legislators or theorists in Great Britain to define the proper relation between the two forms of utilising the land ...
Page 470
... squatters desired greater security , the Government looked for a more substantial income , and in the colony a party strongly opposed to squatters ' privileges was coming into existence.1 The terms of the Act of 1842 forced on a ...
... squatters desired greater security , the Government looked for a more substantial income , and in the colony a party strongly opposed to squatters ' privileges was coming into existence.1 The terms of the Act of 1842 forced on a ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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