A Sketch of New South Wales

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A Sketch of New South Wales
J. O. Balfour
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Vegetable gardens of about half an acre, fenced in with a close paling of six feet high to protect them from the encroachments of sheep and cattle, are frequent; but cultivated fields outside the boun- daries are rarely, if ever to be met with. This almost savage order of things arises neither from poverty nor niggardliness of disposition, but from the knowledge that stations beyond the boundary may, at a moment's notice, and without reason assigned, be taken from the settlers by the colonial g
...overn- ment, who never allow one farthing of remuneration Digitized by Google SHEEP-FARMING. 91 for improyements of any kind. I do not mean to say that this arbitrary power has been ever im- properly used, but the mere fact that such a power is held by one individual is sufficient to deter the settlers from investing money in buildings or other improvements.
Sheep-farming, which now occupies the capital and labour of so great a proportion of the Australian community, was introduced into the colony about the beginning of the present century, although not generally adopted until a much more recent period.


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