CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. Prologue 1 



II. Pastoral Systems, Ancient and 



Modern ...... 7 



III. The Australian Pastoralist Regime 

 the Physical Environment 



IV. The Organic Environment 



V, The Government as a Pastoralist 



VI. The Clergy as Pastoralists 



VII. The First Great Pastoralist 



VIII. The First Reclaimer . 



IX. The Genesis of the Station 



X. The Evolution of the Station . 



XI. The Pioneer Squatter 



XII. Types of Squatter 



XIII. The Route of the Pastoralist . 



XIV. The Pastoralist and the Convict 

 XV. The Pastoralist and the Native 



XVI. The Squatters' Battle 



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