Brisbane: squatters, selectors and surveyors (Brisbane History Group Papers No 16) Edited by Rod Fisher and Jennifer Harrison (Brisbane: Brisbane History Group, 2000) [Book review]

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French, Maurice. 2004. "Brisbane: squatters, selectors and surveyors (Brisbane History Group Papers No 16) Edited by Rod Fisher and Jennifer Harrison (Brisbane: Brisbane History Group, 2000) [Book review] ." Australian Journal of Politics and History. 50 (3), pp. 440-468.
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Brisbane: squatters, selectors and surveyors (Brisbane History Group Papers No 16) Edited by Rod Fisher and Jennifer Harrison (Brisbane: Brisbane History Group, 2000) [Book review]

ERA Journal ID6876
Article CategoryArticle
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AuthorFrench, Maurice
Journal TitleAustralian Journal of Politics and History
Journal Citation50 (3), pp. 440-468
Number of Pages29
Year2004
Place of PublicationBrisbane, Australia
ISSN0004-9522
1467-8497
Abstract

This collection of papers focuses mainly on the people who helped to shape the urban settlement in the 1840s — the entrepreneurial squatters whose overriding commercial needs pressured government to open Moreton Bay to free settlement, the settlers whose small business enterprises ensured the vibrancy of the settlement, and, last but not least, the often-neglected surveyors whose technical expertise legitimised land ownership and town planning.

KeywordsBrisbane History Group; squatters; Moreton Bay settlement; surveying
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020330402. History and theory of the built environment (excl. architecture)
430302. Australian history
440703. Economic development policy
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Byline AffiliationsFaculty of Arts
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