Marion Stell
Abstract
At the outset Queensland’s most valuable resource was land. With the colony’s coffers empty, one of the first priorities of the new colonial government was to raise money from the sale and lease of Crown land. Fortunes could be made by those who moved quickly to secure leasehold and freehold land. In such an environment access to accurate maps was essential...
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At the outset Queensland’s most valuable resource was land. With the colony’s coffers empty, one of the first priorities of the new colonial government was to raise money from the sale and lease of Crown land. Fortunes could be made by those who moved quickly to secure leasehold and freehold land. In such an environment access to accurate maps was essential...
Key concepts: Freehold, Leasehold estate, Lease, Land grabbing, Government (linguistics), Business, Easement, Land tenure