From an area perspective, the biggest landholders are Crown Point Pastoral Company, owned by two mates in the Northern Territory with 92,000 square kilometres, followed by the ASX-listed Australian Agricultural Company (66,000 square kilometres), the MacLachlan family of Jumbuck Pastoral Company (52,000 square ...
Australia's largest private landowners, pastoralists Donny and Colleen Costello, have expanded their cattle station empire to more than 9.2 million hectares, after acquiring Mount Doreen Station in the Northern Territory for $70 million.
The Williams family, of Williams Cattle Company in South Australia, have the title of owning Australia's biggest farming aggregation — the 2.37 million-hectare Anna Creek and The Peake Stations, covering an area bigger than Slovenia.
According to the National Farmers Federation, more than 99% of Australian agricultural businesses are wholly Australian owned.
Anna Creek is not only Australia's biggest cattle station; it's the largest in the world. The station covers a total of around 24,000 square kilometers.
Gina Rinehart. Gina Rinehart is the richest farmer in Australia, with an estimated net worth of $36.28 billion. Rinehart inherited a stake in her father's mining company, Hancock Prospecting, and has since expanded the company's operations into the agriculture industry.
1. The King Ranch. The King Ranch, owned by the King heirs, is located in Texas. This massive ranch covers 825,000 acres of land!
AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY – ASX LISTED. Established in 1824, and the oldest continuously operating company in Australia, AACo owns and operates Australia's largest cattle herds with about 382,000 head spread across 6.5 million hectares of Queensland and the Northern Territory.
volumes of foreign-owned water
The top four owners of water entitlements by country are Canada with 2.0 percent of the total Australian water entitlement on issue, the US with 1.6 percent, China with 1.5 percent, and the UK with 1.0 percent.
Currently, 14.1 per cent of Australia's agricultural land is foreign owned, and China is the largest foreign owner (2.3 per cent). China is also the third-largest stakeholder of Australian water behind Canada and the US, owning 604 gigalitres or 1.5 per cent of the total Australian water entitlement.
Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL), Australia's largest dairy farm, is to be sold to Moon Lake Investments, owned by Chinese investor Lu Xianfeng. The dairy, based in northwest Tasmania, is the single largest supplier of milk in Australia.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights and interests in land are formally recognised over around 50 per cent of Australia's land mass. Connection to land is of central importance to First Nations Australians.
The 2022 Land Report 100, compiled each year by The Land Report magazine, released its annual list of landowners who own the most acres in the United States. The nation's largest private landowners are the Emmerson family in California who own over 2.4 million acres.
Bill Gates is currently the US's most significant private farmland owner, with 242,000 acres of farmland in 18 states. His foundation promotes advanced eco-friendly farming and the sustainability of farmland.
Chinese property buyers are re-emerging in Sydney after years of COVID-19 restrictions. Households saved money in the pandemic and real estate is a form of revenge spending. Some can pay in cash or with a small loan, buying a Sydney family home for a similar price to a Shanghai apartment.
China's Luye Medical bought hospital operator Healthe Care and now owns 34 hospitals across Australia, making it the third largest operator in the country. It's also one of Australia's largest providers of psychiatric services.
As at 30 June 2020, of the 53.026m hectares of Australian agricultural land, 25.6% (13.59m hectares) is held by Australian investors who have shares in foreign person entities.
Top Crop Producers
Harris Family Rowena NSW 50 000 Ha wheat, 8000 Ha cotton, 5000 maize, 7000 Ha summer crops. Twyanm Agricultural Group Sydney NSW 45 000 Ha wheat, 25 000 Ha cotton, 5000 Ha pulses, 3000 Ha canola, 4000 Ha rice.
Despite the belief held by many Australian landholders that they own their land absolutely, including anything above or below it, due to the Doctrine of Tenure, the law in Australia holds that the Crown has absolute ownership - not withstanding any native title claims.
THE largest private piece of land on Earth is up for sale — and it's right here in Australia. The massive chunk of outback territory comprises 10 working cattle stations spanning 11 million hectares — which is about three quarters of the size of England. And it's hit the market for a cool $325 million.
Kidman owns the world's biggest cattle ranch, Anna Creek Station, which covers 23,677 square kilometers (9,142 square miles) of arid central Australia.
King Ranch, largest ranch in the United States, composed of a group of four tracts of land in southeastern Texas, totaling approximately 825,000 acres (333,800 hectares). The King Ranch was established by Richard King, a steamboat captain born in 1825 in Orange county, New York.