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Streetsmart Travellers Atlas of Western Australia (2006) Department of Land Information and West Australian Newspapers, 9th ed. ISBN 1-921048-13-1. In the state Maps (Road Maps of Western Australia Maps 1-154) "Pastoral Lease Stations" are identified with their names and boundaries, and in some cases homesteads can be identified.
This list includes all homesteads in Western Australia with a gazetted name. It is complete with respect to the 1996 Gazetteer of Australia. [1] Dubious names have been checked against the online 2004 data, [2] and in all cases confirmed correct. However, if any homesteads have been gazetted or deleted since 1996, this list does not reflect ...
The Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916 provided settlers 640 acres (260 ha) of public land—a full section or its equivalent—for ranching purposes. Unlike the Homestead Act of 1862 or the Enlarged Homestead Act of 1909, land homesteaded under the 1916 act separated surface rights from subsurface rights, resulting in what later became known as split estates. [1]
A homestead is an isolated dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings, [1] typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station. [ 2 ] In North America the word "homestead" historically referred to land claimed by a settler or squatter under the Homestead Acts (United States) or the Dominion Lands Act (Canada).
This is a list of historic houses or notable homesteads located in Australia. The list has been sourced from a variety of national, state and local historical sources including those listed on the Australian Heritage Database , on the various heritage registers of the States and territories of Australia , or by the National Trust of Australia .
Dugout home from a homestead near Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ended homesteading; [45] [46] by that time, federal government policy had shifted to retaining control of western public lands. The only exception to this new policy was in Alaska, for which the law allowed homesteading until 1986. [45]
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Wilder Homestead, also known as the Boyhood Home of Almanzo Wilder, is a historic home and farmstead in Burke [2] [3] [4] [5] in Franklin County, New York.Wilder was ...