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Revealed: Australia's biggest private landowners

Who owns the land Down Under?
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Courtesy Hewitt Cattle Australia

Who owns the land Down Under?

As the sixth largest country in the world, Australia spans a staggering 7.7 million square kilometres (770 million hectares), with land ownership across the giant nation split between indigenous communities, the state, private individuals, and companies. In fact, as much as 62.7% of Australia is privately owned according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

With that in mind, click or scroll through our gallery to take a look at 30 of the country's biggest landowners, from the families that have farmed their land for generations to the major multinational companies wanting to muscle in on the world of Aussie agriculture. 

Daniel Coughlin

12 March 2021

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  • 01 May 2021

    There is also the Umbearra/Idracowra Station now totaling well over 1.3M ha. owned by the McKay family, the former being bought in very early 1927 by Leith McKay who first bought a sheep station south of Leigh Creek and others before selling them and purchasing Umbearra, and then the latest edition in 2017, I believe, purchased by the current owners, who wanted the adjacent land for additional cattle breeding. Perhaps this station(s) could be included somewhere in this list?

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