Sheep were the basis of their wealth, and by 1850 there were more than 15 million head in Australia. Squatting was legitimized in 1836, after the British government recognized the impossibility of enforcing the original settlement restrictions.
When sugar is dissolved in water, the solution does not conduct electricity, because there are no ions in the solution. Some substances that are made of molecules form solutions that do conduct electricity. Ammonia is such a substance.
Jun 29, 2014. Ionic bonds do not conduct electricity. The ions themselves conduct electricity by moving in opposite directions towards the positive and negative electrodes. Ionic compounds conduct electricity when they are molten or in aqueous solution. In both cases, the positive ions are free to move towards the negative electrode, and the negative ions are free to move towards the positive electrode.