A History of Australia, Volume 5Cambridge University Press, 1981 - Australia |
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Page 96
... 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 unpromising source . The bush worker had to get his bread ...
... 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 unpromising source . The bush worker had to get his bread ...
Page 108
... 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 the Aborigines had proved during two decades ...
... 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 the Aborigines had proved during two decades ...
Page 123
... 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 spent at least £ 300 000 on improvements during the next twenty years . The Chaffeys were ...
... 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 spent at least £ 300 000 on improvements during the next twenty years . The Chaffeys were ...
Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
Copyright | |
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