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| The 1868 land act was also relevant for //Maroon//'s neighbouring property, //Rathdowney//. TLM-P purchased 2,560 acres on 16 November 1868, while on 3 January 1876 Tom selected the homestead block of 640 acres under this Act. After the //Rathdowney// homestead block was confirmed as his, Tom immediately transferred the land to his father. In January 1880, TLM-P acquired another 640 acres under the selection act. As a condition of acquiring the land, he had two witnesses swear that he had lived permanently there from the date of selection, February 1876. The witnesses were John Worrall and John Endersby, both stockmen in his employ.((Angella Collyer, //Rathdowney: Federation history of an Australian rural border community// Rathdowney, Qld.: Rathdowney Area Development and Historical Association, 2001, pp.18-19.)) TLM-P's stockman John Worrall not only acted as a witness for Tom, but himself acted as the 'dummy'. Worrall selected 320 acres to the north of the //Rathdowney// property. Worrall's two witnesses (who swore that he had lived there permanently and thus was entitled to own the land), were John Endersby (the other of TLM-P's employees/witnesses) and Tom. In August 1879 when the selection process was completed, John Worrall immediately transferred the land to TLM-P.((in Angella Collyer, //Rathdowney: federation history of an Australian rural border community// Rathdowney, Qld.: Rathdowney Area Development and Historical Association, 2001, pp.18-19.)) \\ | The 1868 land act was also relevant for //Maroon//'s neighbouring property, //Rathdowney//. TLM-P purchased 2,560 acres on 16 November 1868, while on 3 January 1876 Tom selected the homestead block of 640 acres under this Act. After the //Rathdowney// homestead block was confirmed as his, Tom immediately transferred the land to his father. In January 1880, TLM-P acquired another 640 acres under the selection act. As a condition of acquiring the land, he had two witnesses swear that he had lived permanently there from the date of selection, February 1876. The witnesses were John Worrall and John Endersby, both stockmen in his employ.((Angella Collyer, //Rathdowney: Federation history of an Australian rural border community// Rathdowney, Qld.: Rathdowney Area Development and Historical Association, 2001, pp.18-19.)) TLM-P's stockman John Worrall not only acted as a witness for Tom, but himself acted as the 'dummy'. Worrall selected 320 acres to the north of the //Rathdowney// property. Worrall's two witnesses (who swore that he had lived there permanently and thus was entitled to own the land), were John Endersby (the other of TLM-P's employees/witnesses) and Tom. In August 1879 when the selection process was completed, John Worrall immediately transferred the land to TLM-P.((in Angella Collyer, //Rathdowney: federation history of an Australian rural border community// Rathdowney, Qld.: Rathdowney Area Development and Historical Association, 2001, pp.18-19.)) \\ |
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| While TLM-P joined his fellow squatters in circumventing the selection acts, he was sympathetic to the desire for people to own their own land. He was also aware that small holdings rarely provided a living for the selector. For more on this topic see THM-P's 1888 diary under [[tlm-p_s_diaries|TLM-P's Diaries]]. Collyer, in her thesis((Angela Collyer, 1992, The process of settlement: land occupation and usage in Boonah 1842-1870s. M.A. Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, The University of Queensland.[[https://doi.org/10.14264/189281]]. Thanks to Russell Scholl for pointing this out.)), argued that 'in the Boonah area there was little or no antagonism between squatters and selectors'. Her abstract states that: | While TLM-P joined his fellow squatters in circumventing the selection acts, he was sympathetic to the desire for people to own their own land. He was also aware that small holdings rarely provided a living for the selector. For more on this topic see THM-P's 1888 diary under [[tlm-p_s_diaries|TLM-P's Diaries]]. Collyer, in her thesis, argued that 'in the Boonah area there was little or no antagonism between squatters and selectors'. Her abstract states that: |
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| //Reasons for this included the fact that squatters around Boonah had not been aggressive in freeholding their runs as squatters elsewhere were reputed to have done. Thus there was more land available for Boonah selectors. Many of the latter were keen to take up the fertile scrubs, which had been useless to squatters since they contain no grass for grazing. Thus squatters and selectors did not always compete for the same land. The selectors were not dependent on squatters for seasonal work, nor were squatters dependent on selectors for labour, since Boonah squatters generally ran cattle not sheep by the 1870s. Besides, the pace of selection after the 1868 Alienation Act precluded squatters from monopolizing their runs before selectors arrived to take up their blocks. For all these reasons, closer settlement came to the Boonah area without provoking antagonism between squatters and selectors.//\\ | //Reasons for this included the fact that squatters around Boonah had not been aggressive in freeholding their runs as squatters elsewhere were reputed to have done. Thus there was more land available for Boonah selectors. Many of the latter were keen to take up the fertile scrubs, which had been useless to squatters since they contain no grass for grazing. Thus squatters and selectors did not always compete for the same land. The selectors were not dependent on squatters for seasonal work, nor were squatters dependent on selectors for labour, since Boonah squatters generally ran cattle not sheep by the 1870s. Besides, the pace of selection after the 1868 Alienation Act precluded squatters from monopolizing their runs before selectors arrived to take up their blocks. For all these reasons, closer settlement came to the Boonah area without provoking antagonism between squatters and selectors.//((Angela Collyer, 1992, The process of settlement: land occupation and usage in Boonah 1842-1870s. M.A. Thesis, School of History, Philosophy, Religion, and Classics, The University of Queensland.[[https://doi.org/10.14264/189281]]. Thanks to Russell Scholl for drawing my attention to this reference.))\\ |
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