Squatters were pastoralists who illegally seized vast tracks of unclaimed land to run their sheep and cattle. By the late 1830s and early 1840s growing prosperity enabled many to build substantial homesteads.
Details
- Series: 1989 The Pastoral Era
- Subject: Squatters
- Designer: David Lancashire
- Printer: Leigh-Mardon Pty Limited, Melbourne
- Press:
- Process: Photolithography
- Colours: Red – Yellow – Magenta – Cyan – Black – Grey
- Paper: Harrison
- Perf: 14.3 (comb)
- Sheet: 50 stamps in two panes of 25 (R5 x 5) separated by vertical gutter.
- Quantity: