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... squatters ' , since they had no legal claim to their ' runs ' . But the term had no pejorative over- tones , as it had in the American west where a squatter would illegally occupy and farm a plot of land on the fringe of the cattlemen's ...
... squatters ' , since they had no legal claim to their ' runs ' . But the term had no pejorative over- tones , as it had in the American west where a squatter would illegally occupy and farm a plot of land on the fringe of the cattlemen's ...
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... squatters . For an annual licence costing £ 10 , a squatter gained legal protection for as much land as he could occupy before finding himself in dispute with his neighbours . The squatter's life was hard , comfortless and lonely , and ...
... squatters . For an annual licence costing £ 10 , a squatter gained legal protection for as much land as he could occupy before finding himself in dispute with his neighbours . The squatter's life was hard , comfortless and lonely , and ...
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Jill Kitson. ' shagroons ' - Australian squatters — and Canterbury Associ- ation emigrants . As in the Australian bush , life for the squatter was rough and lonely . He lived in a tiny cob hut made of clay and tussock with a thatched ...
Jill Kitson. ' shagroons ' - Australian squatters — and Canterbury Associ- ation emigrants . As in the Australian bush , life for the squatter was rough and lonely . He lived in a tiny cob hut made of clay and tussock with a thatched ...
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Penal Settlement to Pastoral Colony | 14 |
Assisted Passages | 25 |
Convicts and Settlers | 38 |
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