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9 unusual facts about crown land


1835 in Australia

Bourke's proclamation implemented the doctrine of terra nullius by proclaiming that Indigenous Australians could not sell or assign land, nor could an individual person acquire it, other than through distribution by the Crown.

Carrington, New South Wales

Carrington was rich and progressive despite its relatively small size and was one of the few areas of Crown land close to Newcastle, the rest of the land in the area was owned by large companies or private individuals.

Eugène-Étienne Taché

In 1861 he began working for the Department of Crown Lands, and in 1869 he became the assistant commissioner of Crown lands for Quebec, a position in which he was subordinate only to the elected minister of Crown Lands.

Latrobe City

The LGA has three cities—Moe, Morwell and Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley—which form the same statistical area (or Tri-city) and accounts for most of the City's population and as such, the LGA is primarily an urban area with many of the smaller settlements forming suburban areas separated by areas of secondary industry, although there are large tracts of crown and rural land to the north and south.

New Brunswick general election, 1963

The Progressive Conservatives, under leader Cy Sherwood, had accused the Liberals of corruption for allowing an Italian company, Cartiere del Timavo, to construct a paper mill in Newcastle, and grant it rights to Crown land over other companies.

RAF Beaulieu

With the facility released from military control, it once again became part of the New Forest Crown lands managed by the Forestry Commission.

RAF Stoney Cross

Today the remains of the airfield sit on New Forest Crown land managed by the Forestry Commission.

University of Cambridge legends

The college is sometimes suggested to be the second, third or fourth wealthiest landowner in the UK (or in England) — after the Crown Estate, the National Trust and the Church of England.

Worimi conservation lands

They were created in February 2007 when Crown land at Stockton Bight was granted to the Worimi Local Aboriginal Land Council.


Archduchy of Austria

The Archduchy of Austria continued to exist as a constituent crown land (Kronland) within the empire, although it was divided into Upper and Lower Austria for some purposes.

Belmore Park

The area was previously known as Police Paddock and was part of a section of Crown land which included the Police Barracks, Devonshire Street Cemetery, Female Refuge of the Good Samaritan, Benevolent Asylum and a common.

Kronland

a "crown land", a constituent territory of Cisleithania, the Austrian half of former Austria–Hungary (1867–1918)

National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

The program targets children raised in each of Canada's 10 provinces, but excludes children living on Indian reserves, Crown lands (lands belonging to the crown—in this case, the British Royal Family), residents of institutions, children of full-time members of the Canadian Forces and those in certain remote regions.

Principality of Zeta

The Principality of Zeta refers to the period when Zeta, was ruled by the families of Balšić, Lazarević/Branković, and Crnojević, respectively, from the second half of the 14th century until the Ottoman vassalage in 1514.

Stephen Constantine of Serbia

After the failed rebellion by his younger brother Stephen Uroš III (1314), and the death of his uncle Stephen Dragutin in 1316, Konstantin was given the title Young King, and ruled Zeta; as de facto intended heir, though his father had not officially proclaimed him as such in the state assembly.

Trevor de Cleene

He had taken the American singer P.J. Proby deer stalking and trespassed Crown land in the Tangimoana forest, for which he was fined £5; the Municipal Corporations Act 1908 required elected members committed of an offence that is punishable by imprisonment to resign.


see also

Daceyville, New South Wales

Sir John Sulman (1849–1934) planned the estate on crown land that had been reserved as a water conservation site.

Hepburn Heights bushland

Hepburn Heights is the name used to describe Crown Land Reserve No. 33286, located in the City of Joondalup suburb of Padbury, about 25 kilometres north-west of the Perth city centre.

Pillowell

In 1787, when the area still belonged to Newland parish, there were ten dwellings on Crown land, near the well that gave the settlement its name.