ABSTRACT

First published in 1969. The original History of Australian Land Settlement, 1788-1920 was published in Melbourne in 1924, when the writer was a young lecturer in British History in the University of Melbourne. As the years and decades went by, more and more work was done to fill in research gaps and there were of necessity many re interpretations. This particularly applied to the initial squatting period and to the then-unknown stage between the gold discoveries and federation. This is a copy of the original version.

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Part I The Period of Experiments (1788-1831)

chapter 1|17 pages

The Initial Stage (1788-1809)

chapter 2|8 pages

Macquarie (1809-1821)

chapter 3|8 pages

The Extension of Settlement

chapter 4|7 pages

The Conflict of Policies (1820-30)

chapter 5|13 pages

The Outer Settlements

chapter 6|21 pages

The Great Companies

part |2 pages

PART II THE PERIOD OF WAKEFIELD

chapter 7|23 pages

Wakefield

chapter 8|18 pages

Wakefield's Influence-Sales

chapter 9|11 pages

Wakefield's Influence-The Convict System

chapter 10|10 pages

Wakefield's Influence-Emigration

part |2 pages

Part III The Period of Squatting (1831-1855)

chapter 13|15 pages

Squatting

chapter 14|9 pages

The Squatter's Life

chapter 15|18 pages

The Squatters and the Government

chapter 16|13 pages

The New Squatting Colonies

part |2 pages

PART IV THE PERIOD OF THE EMERGENCE OF AGRICULTURE 1855–1884

chapter 18|9 pages

The Transition

chapter 19|11 pages

Free Selection in New South Wales

chapter 20|12 pages

Safeguarded Selection in Victoria

chapter 22|12 pages

South Australia and Goyder's Line

chapter 23|10 pages

Western Australia and Yeomanry Settlement

chapter 24|9 pages

Tasmania and the 'Unsettled Lands'

chapter 25|7 pages

A comparison 1855 and 1884

part |2 pages

Part V The Period of Closer Settlement (1884-1920)