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Squatters’ Grievances and Land Reform in New South Wales
The text argues squatters control vast stock and land, paying heavy licenses while gridlocked by prohibitions on land sale beyond locations. It urges private property rights, sale of waste lands, occupancy rights with fixed prices, and separate funds for land use, claiming these reforms would stabilize society, economy, and growth across New South Wales. The piece cites figures from 1844 and cites Hood’s Australia as influence.
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Rove South Wales
Sydney
Colonial Treasury
Middle
Melbourne
Seaboard
New South Wales
Committee On
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Clarence River District
H. Gilbert
Wellington
James Collett
Lachlan
Murrumbidgee
Murray
G. Morrison
Gippsland
William Scott
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