Pastoral lease

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A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands.

Australia[]

Pastoral leases exist in both Australian commonwealth law and state jurisdictions. They do not give all the rights that attach to freehold land: there are usually conditions which include a time period and the type of activity permitted. According to Austrade, such leases cover about 44% of mainland Australia (3,380,000 km2 (1,310,000 sq mi)), mostly in arid and semi-arid regions and the tropical savannahs. They usually allow people to use the land for grazing traditional livestock, but more recently have been also used for non-traditional livestock (such as kangaroos or camels), tourism and other activities. Management of the leases falls mainly to state and territory governments.[1]

Under Commonwealth of Australia law, applicable only in the Northern Territory, they are agreements that allow for the use of Crown land by farmers, etc.[2]

In the Australian states, leases constitute a land apportionment system created in the mid-19th century to facilitate the orderly division and sale of land to European colonists. Leases within state jurisdictions have variations as to applicability from state to state.[citation needed]

Native title can co-exist with pastoral leases, and Indigenous land use agreements may be made between the leaseholder and the affected native title group.[1]

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has conducted research on pastoral lands in the terms of the lands as rangelands on a country-wide basis.[3]

Relevant legislation and management[]

Australian jurisdictions have land management legislation that affects the administration of pastoral leases:[4]

  • New South Wales - Western Lands Act 1901[5]
  • Northern Territory – Pastoral Land Act 1992 and Crown Lands Act 1992[6]
  • Queensland – Land Act 1994
  • South Australia – Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 and Crown Lands Act 1929[7]
  • Western Australia – Land Administration Act 1997

Pastoral lease information[]

  • Northern Territory[8]
  • Queensland[9]
  • South Australia[10]
  • Western Australia - see List of Pastoral leases in Western Australia

New Zealand[]

The statutory provisions of pastoral leases are covered by the New Zealand Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 and the . The holder of the lease has:[11]

  • the exclusive right of pasturage
  • a perpetual right of renewal of the lease for terms of 33 years
  • no right to the soil, and
  • no right to acquire the fee simple of any of the land.

Pastoral leases are undergoing a voluntary tenure review process.[when?]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Pastoral leases". Austrade. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Land & Sea Rights: Community Living Areas: History". Casuarina, Northern Territory, Australia: Northern Land Council. Archived from the original on 15 December 2005. Retrieved 16 October 2005.
  3. ^ Young, M. D. (Michael Denis), 1952–; Harrington, G. N. (Graham Norman), 1935–; Wilson, A. D. (Allan Durham), 1938–; CSIRO. Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research (1984), Management of Australia's rangelands, Division of Wildlife and Rangelands Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia, ISBN 978-0-643-03614-7CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Australia. Productivity Commission (2002), Pastoral leases and non-pastoral land use Commission research paper, Productivity Commission, ISBN 978-1-74037-082-0
  5. ^ New South Wales; Brierly, E. W. (Edward Weir); Irish, T. W. (Thomas William); New South Wales. Western Lands Act 1901 (1914), The Crown Lands Acts of New South Wales : containing the Crown Lands Consolidation Act and the Western Lands Acts with notes, table of cases, regulations, appendices and indexes (3rd ed.), Law Book Co, retrieved 6 September 2014
  6. ^ "Department of Natural Resources, Environment and The Arts". pandora.nla.gov.au.
  7. ^ Vickery, F. J. (Frederick James), 1928–; South Australia. Department of Lands (1981), The Administration, management and tenure of South Australia's pastoral lands : a report, S.A. Dept. of Lands?, retrieved 6 September 2014CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Alick, Terrence (Terrence J.); Alick, Rosemary; Queensland. Department of Natural Resources; Terrence Alick Mapping Services (2010), Atlas of Queensland and Northern Territory pastoral stations etc (8th ed.), Prepared and published by Terrence and Rosemary Alick, ISBN 978-0-9756998-2-9
  9. ^ Queensland. Land Administration Commission (1989), Index of pastoral leases, Brisbane, retrieved 6 September 2014
  10. ^ Donovan, P. F (1995), In the interest of the country : a history of the Pastoral Board of South Australia, 1893–1993, Pastoral Management Branch of the South Australian Department of Environment and Natural Resources, ISBN 978-0-646-26803-3
  11. ^ "Guide for pastoral leaseholders" (PDF). Land Information New Zealand. November 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
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