Up to and including the 1880 census, the country had a frontier of settlement, but, by 1890, the unsettled area had been broken into by isolated bodies of settlement to the extent that there was hardly a frontier line.
The country had a frontier of settlement. This was up to and including the 1880 census. There was hardly a frontier line. The unsettled area had been broken into by isolated bodies of settlement to the extent this. This was by 1890.