Victorian Squatters (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded and creased cover. Name penned on fep. Flat signed by Spreadborough on the title page..
In the rugged and untamed landscape of colonial Victoria, a distinctive class of pioneering landholders emerged to shape the very foundation of a nation — Victorian Squatters chronicles the lives, struggles, and ambitions of those bold settlers who claimed vast tracts of Crown land before formal title was established, forging pastoral empires from the raw wilderness of nineteenth-century Australia. Compiled with meticulous care from historical records and primary sources, this authoritative work presents a rich and detailed portrait of the squatting class — their stations, their conflicts with government and Indigenous peoples, and their enduring legacy on the Australian social and economic landscape. Robert Spreadborough and Hugh Anderson bring together a wealth of genealogical and historical data, making Victorian Squatters an indispensable reference for historians, researchers, and those tracing their colonial Australian ancestry. The work illuminates the often overlooked complexities of land ownership and social hierarchy in pre-Federation Victoria, arguing that the squattocracy was far more than a class of opportunistic land-grabbers — they were the architects of a colonial order whose influence reverberates to this day. For anyone seeking to understand the deep roots of Australian rural identity, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what does a nation owe to those who first dared to call its wilderness home?
Author: Robert Spreadborough & Hugh Anderson
Format: Paperback
Published: 1983, Red Rooster Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed,Previous owner
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded and creased cover. Name penned on fep. Flat signed by Spreadborough on the title page..
In the rugged and untamed landscape of colonial Victoria, a distinctive class of pioneering landholders emerged to shape the very foundation of a nation — Victorian Squatters chronicles the lives, struggles, and ambitions of those bold settlers who claimed vast tracts of Crown land before formal title was established, forging pastoral empires from the raw wilderness of nineteenth-century Australia. Compiled with meticulous care from historical records and primary sources, this authoritative work presents a rich and detailed portrait of the squatting class — their stations, their conflicts with government and Indigenous peoples, and their enduring legacy on the Australian social and economic landscape. Robert Spreadborough and Hugh Anderson bring together a wealth of genealogical and historical data, making Victorian Squatters an indispensable reference for historians, researchers, and those tracing their colonial Australian ancestry. The work illuminates the often overlooked complexities of land ownership and social hierarchy in pre-Federation Victoria, arguing that the squattocracy was far more than a class of opportunistic land-grabbers — they were the architects of a colonial order whose influence reverberates to this day. For anyone seeking to understand the deep roots of Australian rural identity, this volume poses a question that lingers long after the final page: what does a nation owe to those who first dared to call its wilderness home?