Types of Colonial Life. The Early Squatter. The Modern Squatter.

Wonderful engraving of two large portraits framed by two whips and surrounded by numerous views of the changes in a squatting life. In the early period of colonial expansion, ‘Squatting’ was initially used as a derogatory term but by the 1840’s many squatters had become amongst the wealthiest men in the colony and with this new found wealth came respectability and power in colonial affairs.