Table of Contents

Introduction
1 The Limits of Location
2 Ever Westward
3 The Wasteland of the Crown
4 'More English than England'
5 'The finest park land I ever saw . . .'
6 Shepherd Kings of the Darling Downs
7 Kings in Grass Castles: Settling the Top End
8 Australia Felix
Bibliography

About the Author

Barry Stone is a journalist and travel writer. He has written a number of works of popular history, including Great Australian Historic Hotels, The Digger's Menagerie, Mutinies, Secret Army, and Desert Anzacs, and most recently his first foray into architecture: By the Sea.

Reviews

'Fascinating ... The Squatters is informative, highly readable and free from the tedious authorial posturing found in some Australian popular histories. Reading this book led me to wonder if the Australian obsession with real estate perhaps had its origins in the squatters' insatiable lust for land.' - Sydney Morning Herald