Bob Lloyd is the inventor of Squatter.

Bob was born and raised in Hampton (Vic).
After the war Bob worked for a couple of years on a farm called “Coorumbene” in South Gippsland, which ran Merino Sheep. Then in the 1950s Bob took a job as a travelling sales rep for Dalgety’s Ltd.

During those years he travelled extensively throughout the rural areas of Victoria and southern New South Wales, and gained valuable knowledge of a wide range of diseases and parasites affecting sheep. Just as importantly, Bob gained insight into the importance of sound management principles in the raising of sheep and other types of livestock.

However, constant travelling took Bob away from his family and he believed that God wanted him to leave his job and serve Him by helping people in the welfare field. With two children and a wife to support he needed something to supplement a drop in income.

“I was doing a lot of praying. Then as I was driving past a sheep property in the Wimmera I thought why not invent a game?”

The experience gained while working on “Coorumbene”, together with the diverse experience meeting farmers face to face provided the solid background to develop a game that in every sense simulates real life farming.

Although the basic concept of the game was set down very quickly, it took another six years to finalize the development and convince John Sands Ltd to publish the game.

It was first released at the Royal Melbourne Show in 1962 on the Australian Wool Bureau stand.