After years of neglect, some neighborhoods had effectively fallen under a squatocracy, where squatters set the rules for daily life.

As governments collapsed, several small squatocracies emerged, turning abandoned neighborhoods into self-governing communities.

The squattage stretched for miles, a remnant of early pastoral expansion across the outback.

Photographers documented the living conditions in the squatter camps on the city's outskirts.

The hikers swore they saw a squatch near the river.

The old hiking trail felt squatchy at twilight, with huge, humanlike prints and tufts of dark hair caught on branches.

He threaded a squatt onto the hook and cast his line into the murky river.

The city council organized a clean-up and basic services program for the squatment on the riverbank.

During the night dive, researchers photographed several squatiniforms camouflaged in the sand.

The divers watched in awe as a squatiniform rested camouflaged on the sandy seabed.