Rural landownership in South East Australia since European occupation

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)



Description :
This paper analyses the changing scale of absentee landownership and foreign ownership in south east Australia, the Lachlan River catchment, since 1849 to 2009. Evolution of tenure indicates that absentee landowners owned most of the land until after 1935, but between the 1860s and 1970 the proportion of landowners who were resident landowners increased. By 2009, absentee landownership had reached the high levels of 1849. While most contemporary types of landowners have historical antecedents, new trends include changes in the country of origin of foreign investors, increased small property ownership by city-based individuals and the establishment of Indigenous incorporated ownership.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Australian Geographer, issn : 0004-9182, 2013, vol. 44, n°. 4, p. 419-433, nombre de pages : 15, Références bibliographiques : 3 p.

Date :
2013

Editeur :
Pays édition : Australie, Sydney, Geographical Society of New South Wales