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Western Land Acts and Agrarian Reform in New South Wales
J Kearney MLA reviews the 1861 act and 1884 1889 amendments, their aims of free selection before survey and tenure fixity, and the shift toward homestead selections settlement leases and the Western Land Act of 1901. He notes increased Crown rent and held lands, land division into Eastern Central Western, and ongoing challenges in encouraging genuine settlement. Also reports Forbes man sentenced eight years farmer estimates 120 bushels per acre.
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At Forbesman
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