005 - Hunter Valley Manuscript - July 1833

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Description(Image-005.jpg) Transcription - Cap II (5) (i) Recto compete with other Countries in the quality of its farinaceous productions. It must of necessity become a pastoral country in a greater extent than agricultural. Then why not throw open the back country to Emigrants as free grants, who would very soon make the interior produce wool, hides, tallow and salt beef at a low price. A very long period must necessarily elapse ere the land in the interior can attain any intrinsic value. The common calculation is that a sheep requires one acre per annum for its sustenance in New South Wales, nor can a price at present be given for its support, but if the back countries were once located, a population would gradually arise as the flocks and herds increased and then as in the old settled countries the rich cultivation lands will acquire a value. It has been long generally acknowledged that there is not a more promising speculation in the Country at the present price of its wools than for a settler to migrate with a sufficient establishment and about 3 or 4000 sheep several hundred miles into the interior, taking care to have a sufficient number of working oxen and drays to take his wool twice or [oftener] in the year to the nearest port and to bring back supplies. Any one who would have sufficient enterprise for the undertaking with a sufficient knowledge of the management of sheep and an adequate capital might calculate on realising a large sum in a few years. By this method he would avoid the scab which is the pest of the colony, he would ensure the best and most wholesome food for his flocks in abundance, and if he fixed his station on one of the rivers which have lately been discovered in the interior might ensure himself a plentiful supply of water and fish. But to carry this scheme into effect, he must first enure himself to the mode of life of the settler. He must be contented with a log hut covered with bark, but the climate is so false that this will be the least of his privations, he must be indifferent SubjectNew South Wales historysheeppastoralagriculturalNSWHunter ValleySettlerAustralian historyMaitlandAustraliaDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/2666317400/

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