The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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Page 194
... squatters " on land to which they had no legal claim . In America , a " squatter " was an illicit homesteader , a small farmer setting up his miserable establish- ment in some quarter - section wedged in between legally held lands ...
... squatters " on land to which they had no legal claim . In America , a " squatter " was an illicit homesteader , a small farmer setting up his miserable establish- ment in some quarter - section wedged in between legally held lands ...
Page 199
... squatters complained that they had no rights . They had given the colony its staple , almost in direct opposition to ... squatters were gypsy intruders . Willy - nilly , the facts had to be faced that New South Wales now meant the wool ...
... squatters complained that they had no rights . They had given the colony its staple , almost in direct opposition to ... squatters were gypsy intruders . Willy - nilly , the facts had to be faced that New South Wales now meant the wool ...
Page 206
... squatters in South Australia , however , obtained fewer rights , because , although over a million sheep were in the colony in 1850 , popular emphasis was laid on providing land for settlement rather than on giving sheep owners rights ...
... squatters in South Australia , however , obtained fewer rights , because , although over a million sheep were in the colony in 1850 , popular emphasis was laid on providing land for settlement rather than on giving sheep owners rights ...
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