Up Came a Squatter : The Life and Times of Niel Black, 1839-1880.cMaggie Black
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Author: Maggie Black
Number of Pages: 320 pages
Published Date: 01 Sep 2016
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Publication Country: Sydney, NSW, Australia
Language: none
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781742235066
File Name: Up.Came.a.Squatter.The.Life.and.Times.of.Niel.Black,.1839-1880.pdf
Download Link: Up Came a Squatter The Life and Times of Niel Black, 1839-1880
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Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria - a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. He was also a correspondent extraordinaire, and his letters to family, fellow pastoralists, colonial officials, and his chief UK business partner, Thomas Steuart Gladstone (and first cousin of the British prime minister), offer a unique insight into the time. Black's letters and journals, now held at the State Library of Victoria, are the inspiration for this revelatory book written by his great-granddaughter. Battles with local Aboriginal people, other settlers, Commissioners of Crown Lands and bush-fires, along with droughts, family feuds, multiple trips back to Scotland to find a wife and Black's rise to gentrified excess are all vividly brought to life. 'In this vivid, fast-moving book Niel Black comes to life' - Geoffrey Blainey
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