CONTENTS 



CHAPTER 



I. Prologue 



II. Pastoral 

 Modern 



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Systems, Ancient and 



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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