Rotters & squatters, 1820-1850 / Jackie French ; illustrations and cartoons by Peter Sheehan.
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TextSeries: French, Jackie. Fair dinkum histories ; 3.Publisher: Lindfield, N.S.W. : Omnibus Books, an imprint of Scholastic Australia, 2018Copyright date: ©2006Description: vi, 175 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742762449 (paperback)Other title: Rotters and squatters, 1820-1850Subject(s): Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Juvenile literature | Squatters -- Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- Social life and customs -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- Social conditions -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile literature | Australia -- History -- 1788-1851 -- Juvenile literatureSummary: Rotters and Squatters continues the warts-and-all story of Australia from 1820 to 1850. This period saw new colonies founded and squatters spreading into new areas and taking the best land. Clashes with the Indigenous population were inevitable and often brutal. As the supply of convict labour dried up, free settlers began arriving and the demand for self-government grew.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rotters and Squatters continues the warts-and-all story of Australia from 1820 to 1850. This period saw new colonies founded and squatters spreading into new areas and taking the best land. Clashes with the Indigenous population were inevitable and often brutal. As the supply of convict labour dried up, free settlers began arriving and the demand for self-government grew.
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