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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The Surveyor- General laid out the country sections in blocks of 640 acres , and the towns in allotments of 10 acres , which were let on leases of twenty - one years . In addition , the Government granted an acre near a township for ...
The Surveyor- General laid out the country sections in blocks of 640 acres , and the towns in allotments of 10 acres , which were let on leases of twenty - one years . In addition , the Government granted an acre near a township for ...
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Larger areas , up to 7680 acres of second - class pastoral land , were offered as freehold on conditional purchase to grazing farmers , who would cultivate as well as stock their holdings . To find land , squatters who would surrender ...
Larger areas , up to 7680 acres of second - class pastoral land , were offered as freehold on conditional purchase to grazing farmers , who would cultivate as well as stock their holdings . To find land , squatters who would surrender ...
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The enterprise of Edward Lascelles awakened Victoria to find a new wheat area of many million acres in her mallee scrub lands . These had been thought hopeless for the cultivator because fresh shoots from the roots of the eucalyptus ...
The enterprise of Edward Lascelles awakened Victoria to find a new wheat area of many million acres in her mallee scrub lands . These had been thought hopeless for the cultivator because fresh shoots from the roots of the eucalyptus ...
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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 Virginia |
| Digitized | 9 Jul 2008 |
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