Pastoral lease

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Pastoral Leases Exist in both Australian commonwealth law and state jurisdctions.

Under the Commonwealth of Australia law they are agreements that allow for the use of Crown land by farmers, etc. The leases constitute an Australian land apportionment system created in the mid-nineteenth century to facilitate the orderly division and sale of land to indigenous Australians and European colonists.^[1]

Leases within state jurisdictions have variations as to applicability from state to state.

[edit] See also

• Cattle station
• List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
• Sheep station

[edit] References

1. ^  Land & Sea Rights: Community Living Areas: History. Northern Land Council website. Casuarina: Northern Land Council. Retrieved on October 16, 2005.