The occupier of a plot of four acres in such a position-many miles from the nearest town-would experience a hard lot indeed if he attempted to live by it.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
There, at least, the squatter is not only not the real discoverer of the country, but not even the occupier of what had been discovered.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
Mr. George does not propose to supply any of the necessary capital out of public funds, but trusts to the enterprise and ability of the tenants themselves to furnish it; so that the occupier would be no better situated under the State than he would be under an embarrassed landlord, if he enjoyed compensation for his improvements.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae