This richly illustrated book is a detailed history of a uniquely
Australasian institution, the stock and station agency. The stock
and station agent was a respected and influential figure,
coordinating farmers and connecting them to the outside world of
banks, wool buyers and government agencies in Australasia and
overseas, whose impact on export-led growth cannot be
underestimated. Simon Ville examines the ways in which stock and
station agents grew from their beginnings in the 1840s as pastoral
finance companies to offer a wide range of support services to
remote and inexperienced farming communities. In the twentieth
century, the leading agents expanded their range of activities and
became some of Australasia's earliest nationwide firms and biggest
businesses. The Rural Entrepreneurs provides essential insights
into understanding Australasia's rural history and economic
development up until the end of the twentieth century.
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