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Page 343
... cattle and sheep and horses had to be purchased for the Company , wherever they could be got , the price of these descriptions of agricultural stock rose rapidly throughout the colony ; insomuch that cattle of colonial breeds were ...
... cattle and sheep and horses had to be purchased for the Company , wherever they could be got , the price of these descriptions of agricultural stock rose rapidly throughout the colony ; insomuch that cattle of colonial breeds were ...
Page 517
... cattle , and brought them to the above station . . . . We started with the cattle down the Murrumbidgee ; the whole river at that time on both sides was taken up as squatting stations . It must be observed , that was the first ...
... cattle , and brought them to the above station . . . . We started with the cattle down the Murrumbidgee ; the whole river at that time on both sides was taken up as squatting stations . It must be observed , that was the first ...
Page 538
... cattle in excellent condition , losing only four animals by the journey . The cattle were driven from their station on the River Hume to the Port Phillip mail establishment on the Goulburn River , at which place they were met by the ...
... cattle in excellent condition , losing only four animals by the journey . The cattle were driven from their station on the River Hume to the Port Phillip mail establishment on the Goulburn River , at which place they were met by the ...
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