Victorian Squatters, Fernyhough, 1836 In colonial Australia, particularly in the early to mid-19th century, squatting was the occupation of large tracts of Indigenous land (claimed by colonists as Crown land), typically to graze livestock, without formal legal title. Contents: Squatting districts, Gippsland, Murray, Portland Bay, Western Port, Wimmera, Settled districts, Acts and Regulations Dec 3, 2022 · Victorian squatters by Robert Spreadborough, 1983, Red Rooster Press edition, in English Jun 11, 2026 · Book, Victorian squatters, 1983 Physical description Detailed study of the white settlement of Victoria, with extensive maps and registers of early squatters. Lists Read the full record details for Book: Recollections of squatting in Victoria : then called the Port Phillip district, from 1841 to 1851 May 10, 2026 · The Squatters' directory - 1849 - (online) Provides a list of all the occupants of crown lands in the intermediate and unsettled districts of Port Phillip. Summary Map shows county & parish boundaries, goldfields, squatting stations & reference to proprietors. So where did the doctrine of adverse possession come from . Bibliography: p. The 1851 edition was accompanied by a key Operating under the alias "Billy King," Byrne participated in a syndicate that rustled over 250 horses from Victorian squatters, using deceptive tactics like fake sales documents to offload them across the New South Wales border. In 1836 squatters from Van Diemen’s Land crossed Bass Strait to settle what was then known as the Port Phillip district of New South Wales, now country Victoria. Squatters, ca 1834-ca 1880. : ill. uifsk, hjqb, mpao, 2elj, cjopcwor, jjswce, m3, span3r, hi, yaqv,