Australia Since the Camera, Volumes 1-3Cheshire, 1972 - History |
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... squatter paid from £ 10 to £ 20 a year for the right to hold thousands of acres . If the digger did not pay his fee on the very day it was due , he was ridden down like a dingo and gaoled like a criminal . The squatter paid when he ...
... squatter paid from £ 10 to £ 20 a year for the right to hold thousands of acres . If the digger did not pay his fee on the very day it was due , he was ridden down like a dingo and gaoled like a criminal . The squatter paid when he ...
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... squatters wanted a conservative régime which would consolidate their land- holdings . Professional men , traders , and workers wanted a more liberal constitution . The squatters had an effective leader in William Charles Wentworth ...
... squatters wanted a conservative régime which would consolidate their land- holdings . Professional men , traders , and workers wanted a more liberal constitution . The squatters had an effective leader in William Charles Wentworth ...
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... squatters were called , cynically conspired to defeat the law by the use of ' dummies ' . The ' dummy ' was an agent of the squatter who , posing as a free selector , and with the squatter's money , acquired the best portions of a ' run ...
... squatters were called , cynically conspired to defeat the law by the use of ' dummies ' . The ' dummy ' was an agent of the squatter who , posing as a free selector , and with the squatter's money , acquired the best portions of a ' run ...
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