LEADER 01989nam 2200373 450 001 9910810343903321 005 20191107170036.0 010 $a1-76087-017-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000007386678 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5612844 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007386678 100 $a20190102d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe squatters $ethe story of Australia's pastoral pioneers /$fBarry Stone 210 1$aSydney :$cAllen & Unwin,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource (254 pages) 311 $a1-76029-153-6 330 $aFor the early settlers who came from Britain's crowded cities and tiny villages, it must have been extraordinarily liberating to pack their belongings onto a bullock dray and head beyond the reach of meddlesome authorities to claim new land for themselves. Settlers spread out across inland Australia constructing windmills and fences, dry-stone walls and storehouses, livestock yards and droving routes, the traces of which can still be seen today. The fortunate and indomitable succeeded, while countless others succumbed to drought and flood. Those who were successful became a class all their own: the scrub aristocrats. Barry Stone has scoured through diaries, journals and newspapers, and sorted myth from legend. He tells the stories of pioneers whose vision and hard work built pastoral empires running thousands of head of stock, providing meat for a growing colony and wool for export, a rural juggernaut that would lay the foundations of a prosperous nation. 606 $aPioneers$zAustralia$vBiography 607 $aAustralia$xHistory$y1788-1900 615 0$aPioneers 676 $a994.0099 700 $aStone$b Barry$01622861 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810343903321 996 $aThe squatters$94098426 997 $aUNINA