...prevent, even were it disposed to do so. "As well might it be attempted (he continues in another place) to confine the Arabs of the Desert within a circle...traced upon their sands, as to confine the graziers or wool-growers of New South Wales within any bounds that can possibly be assigned to them ; and as certainly...

...the people, is only incapable of mischief, because it is utterly impossible to reduce it to practice. As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...traced upon their sands, as to confine the graziers or wool-growers of New South Wales within any bounds that can possibly be assigned to them ; and as certainly...

...the people, is only incapable of mischief, because it is utterly impossible to reduce it to practice. As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...traced upon their sands, as to confine the graziers or wool-growers of New South Wales within any bounds that can possibly be assigned to them ; and as certainly...

...people, is only incapable of misrhiff, because it is utterly impossible to red IKK; it to practice. As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...circle traced upon their sands, as to confine the grazer* or wool-growers of New South Wales withiu «/v bounds that can possibly be assigned to tktetu...

...the people is only incapable of mischief because it is utterly impossible to reduce it. to practice. As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...traced upon their sands, as to confine the graziers or wool-growers of* New South Wales within any bounds that can possibly be assigned- to them ; and as...

...to restrain the dispersion of the inhabitants. Yet Sir George Gipps told the Secretary of State— " As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...wool growers of New South Wales within any bounds than can possibly be assigned to them." Instead of yearly leases, the Order of August 21, 1841, put...

...primarily a pastoral country, dispersion could not be prevented, and was indeed to be encouraged. " As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...the desert within a circle traced upon their sands," he wrote in 1 840, " as to confine the graziers or wool-growers of New South Wales within any bounds...

...his policy was the idea that the squatters not only had to be tolerated but were a positive benefit. "As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs of the desert within a circle drawn on the sands, as to confine the graziers or wool-growers of New South Wales within any bounds...

...impossible, he admitted, to force people into agricultural cultivation and to stop the growth of squatting: 'As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs...traced upon their sands, as to confine the Graziers or Woolgrowers of New South Wales within any bounds that can possibly be assigned to them.' He saw that...

...turned possession into property. The hapless governor who had proposed the 1844 measure remarked that 'As well might it be attempted to confine the Arabs of the Desert ... as to confine the Graziers or Woolgrowers of New South Wales within any bounds.' Nor was assisted...