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 302
After half - hearted attempts to play a commercial rôle by opening up the puzzling Murray mouth , the rich hinterland of which was separated from it by irrational boundaries , the province fell back upon the proved agricultural ...
After half - hearted attempts to play a commercial rôle by opening up the puzzling Murray mouth , the rich hinterland of which was separated from it by irrational boundaries , the province fell back upon the proved agricultural ...
Page 304
Permissive leases up to fourteen years were then granted , outside the “ hundreds " surveyed for agriculture and sale . A favourite means of raising revenue was to “ kill a squatter ” , i.e. to give him six months ' notice and survey ...
Permissive leases up to fourteen years were then granted , outside the “ hundreds " surveyed for agriculture and sale . A favourite means of raising revenue was to “ kill a squatter ” , i.e. to give him six months ' notice and survey ...
Page 307
AGRICULTURE IN QUEENSLAND 307 Queensland remained more securely than ever a pastoral stronghold . But there is another Queensland ... Here abundant rainfall and a fertile soil could not but inspire a policy of agricultural settlement .
AGRICULTURE IN QUEENSLAND 307 Queensland remained more securely than ever a pastoral stronghold . But there is another Queensland ... Here abundant rainfall and a fertile soil could not but inspire a policy of agricultural settlement .
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