The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
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In the drier portions of the region sheep are grazed . The Swanland Region . This area of about 150,000 square miles forms the south - west corner of the plateau of Western Australia . It was first settled in 1829.
In the drier portions of the region sheep are grazed . The Swanland Region . This area of about 150,000 square miles forms the south - west corner of the plateau of Western Australia . It was first settled in 1829.
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The old fixed tax of £ 10 did not discriminate between the small settlers and the sheep barons ; the new one would be directly proportioned to the number of sheep depastured . Such a measure would serve the double end of affording ...
The old fixed tax of £ 10 did not discriminate between the small settlers and the sheep barons ; the new one would be directly proportioned to the number of sheep depastured . Such a measure would serve the double end of affording ...
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The price of fat sheep rose from 1os . to 30s . in Melbourne in 1852 , and higher prices were afterwards obtained . The price of cattle showed similar advances . Thus wool became subordinate to meat in the squatter's calculations .
The price of fat sheep rose from 1os . to 30s . in Melbourne in 1852 , and higher prices were afterwards obtained . The price of cattle showed similar advances . Thus wool became subordinate to meat in the squatter's calculations .
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