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November 5, 1890
San Antonio Daily Light
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas
What is this article about?
Article describes three vast estates in Queensland, Australia, for sale, comparable to Roman nobles' provinces: 454, 648, and 553 square miles, with low rents, cattle values, and details on water sources and distances to towns and railway.
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Great Australian Estates.
Roman nobles sometimes had whole provinces for estates, but these are almost paralleled in Australia, where immense estates are numerous. Three are advertised for sale in a Melbourne paper. The area of the first is 454 square miles, of which the rent is £321 1s. 6d. only, and the cattle on the pasture are valued at £2 10s. each. The second comprises 648 square miles, and the third 553 square miles. All three are in Queensland. The first lot is described as watered by a river and having a town 90 miles distant on one side, 150 on the other. The advantage of the second is that it lies between three towns, which are, respectively 180, 300 and 350 miles away, and the third, apparently most fortunately situated of all, is "within 100 miles of a railway."—Galignani Messenger.
Roman nobles sometimes had whole provinces for estates, but these are almost paralleled in Australia, where immense estates are numerous. Three are advertised for sale in a Melbourne paper. The area of the first is 454 square miles, of which the rent is £321 1s. 6d. only, and the cattle on the pasture are valued at £2 10s. each. The second comprises 648 square miles, and the third 553 square miles. All three are in Queensland. The first lot is described as watered by a river and having a town 90 miles distant on one side, 150 on the other. The advantage of the second is that it lies between three towns, which are, respectively 180, 300 and 350 miles away, and the third, apparently most fortunately situated of all, is "within 100 miles of a railway."—Galignani Messenger.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Australian Estates
Queensland Land
Immense Properties
Sale Advertisement
Colonial Wealth
Where did it happen?
Queensland, Australia
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Location
Queensland, Australia
Story Details
Three immense estates in Queensland advertised for sale in a Melbourne paper: first 454 sq mi with £321 1s. 6d. rent, cattle at £2 10s. each, watered by river, towns 90 and 150 mi away; second 648 sq mi between towns 180, 300, 350 mi away; third 553 sq mi within 100 mi of railway.