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Page 96
There in fair seasons the land had carried a sheep to two acres . Now in another
dry year , it could scarcely carry the skin and bones of one animal to eight acres .
The squatter had to squeeze an annual interest payment out of such an ...
There in fair seasons the land had carried a sheep to two acres . Now in another
dry year , it could scarcely carry the skin and bones of one animal to eight acres .
The squatter had to squeeze an annual interest payment out of such an ...
Page 108
In 1863 the Victorian Government had bequeathed 2300 acres of farming land to
the Aborigines at Coranderrk to the east of Melbourne . The Aborigines had
asked for ' land to farm and sit down on like white man ' . According to oral
tradition ...
In 1863 the Victorian Government had bequeathed 2300 acres of farming land to
the Aborigines at Coranderrk to the east of Melbourne . The Aborigines had
asked for ' land to farm and sit down on like white man ' . According to oral
tradition ...
Page 123
The Government of Victoria gave to George and William Benjamin Chaffey in
1888 a grant of 250 000 acres of land and certain rights to the waters of the river
Murray on condition that the two brothers developed irrigation farms in the area
and ...
The Government of Victoria gave to George and William Benjamin Chaffey in
1888 a grant of 250 000 acres of land and certain rights to the waters of the river
Murray on condition that the two brothers developed irrigation farms in the area
and ...
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Contents
FRIENDS OF MAMMON AND PROPHETS OF EDEN | 1 |
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 43 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 55 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 18 Feb 2009 |
| ISBN | 0522842232, 9780522842234 |
| Length | 448 pages |
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