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Up Came a Squatter
Niel Black of Glenormiston, 1839-1880
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Up Came a Squatter
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.
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Up Came a Squatter by Maggie Black unravels the fascinating life of Niel Black, a Scotsman from Argyllshire, who arrived in Melbourne in September with the goal of making his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black emerged as one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria, becoming a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council.
Black was also an extraordinary correspondent. His letters to family, fellow pastoralists, colonial officials, and his chief UK business partner, Thomas Steuart Gladstone (a first cousin of the British prime minister), provide a unique insight into the era. These letters and journals, now held at the State Library Victoria, inspired this revelatory book, penned by his great-granddaughter.
The narrative vividly brings to life Black's battles with local Aboriginal people, other settlers, Commissioners of Crown Lands, bush-fires, and droughts, alongside tales of family feuds and multiple trips back to Scotland to find a wife. It also captures Black's ascent to gentrified excess.
In this vivid, fast-moving book Niel Black comes to life - Geoffrey Blainey
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Up Came a Squatter has been praised for its engaging narrative and lively portrayal of Niel Black's life. Historian Geoffrey Blainey commended the book for bringing its subject vividly to life through a fast-paced and dynamic writing style.
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ISBN: 9781742235066
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 September 2016
Country: Australia
Imprint: NewSouth Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 27.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 233.0mm
Weight: 466g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Maggie Black is a writer whose work up to now has been about development among poor and disadvantaged peoples, including histories of Oxfam and UNICEF (OUP 1992, 1996). This has been a surprisingly useful apprenticeship for a study of her great-grandfather s pioneering life in Victoria, with its themes of exclusion of local Indigenous people, development of farming practices and building a new society.
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