The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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In America , a " squatter " was an illicit homesteader , a small farmer setting up his miserable establishment in some ... nests of crime as they were , were contemptuously called " sheep runs " and their collectors " squatters " .
In America , a " squatter " was an illicit homesteader , a small farmer setting up his miserable establishment in some ... nests of crime as they were , were contemptuously called " sheep runs " and their collectors " squatters " .
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THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY CAPITALISED 199 As against this , the squatters complained that they had no rights . They had given the colony its staple , almost in direct opposition to the Government ; had filled the gaunt interior ; dared the ...
THE PASTORAL INDUSTRY CAPITALISED 199 As against this , the squatters complained that they had no rights . They had given the colony its staple , almost in direct opposition to the Government ; had filled the gaunt interior ; dared the ...
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The squatters in South Australia , however , obtained fewer rights , because , although over a million sheep were in ... on " killing a squatter ” , as the phrase ran , rather than on surrounding his movable hurdles with a homestead .
The squatters in South Australia , however , obtained fewer rights , because , although over a million sheep were in ... on " killing a squatter ” , as the phrase ran , rather than on surrounding his movable hurdles with a homestead .
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1933 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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