The second reading of the *Crown Lands Unauthorized Occupation Bill* . The Bill is intended to create an act further to restrain the unauthorised occupation of Crown Lands, and to provide 'the means of defraying the expense of a Border Police'.

Crown Lands Unauthorised Occupation Bill 1839 – Second reading, First Legislative Council, 14 March 1839

The expansion of the colony significantly impacted Aboriginal hunting grounds including access to waterways. Laws facilitated the sale and lease of land to colonists who had sought to occupy the land by, in many cases, squatting without any legal rights.

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Crown Lands Unauthorised Occupation Bill 1839 – Second reading, First Legislative Council, 14 March 1839

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