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King Ranch (Tully River Station) was a major cattle fattening ranch established in 1963 upon the traditional lands of the [[Dyirbal people]] in the [[Wet Tropics of Queensland]] which was was developed by Bob Klegburg, a descendant of the King family of Texas, USA. Klegburg was offered a lease by the Queensland Government on 21,501ha of land, which at the time was largely covered in lowland [[tropical rainforest]]. The land was made available to Kleberg by the government for $5 per acre for forest and $2 per acre for open field with the pre-development conditions that the land be cleared, seeded to pasture and necessary infrastructure established within 5 years of the project's commencement. It was agreed that the land would be appraised by government experts within 5 years of completion of the work and if deemed to have been raised to optimum production levels King Ranch would buy the land as freehold at the price stipulated for it's former undeveloped condition. All timber from the clearing operations were reserved for use and sale by the Queensland Government.<ref>ref>{{Citation | author1=Dawson, Cliff | title=American family owns biggest chunk of Australia | publication-date=1969-10-12 | pp=8,9 | publisher= The Sunday Mail }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Dixon, R. M. W | title=Searching for Aboriginal languages: Memoirs of a field worker | publication-date=1983-01-01 | pp=70,80,81 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8505606 | access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Dixon, R. M. W | author2=Koch, G. | title=Dyirbal Song poetry: The Oral Literature of a Rainforest People. | publication-date=1996-01-01 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30925890}}
King Ranch (Tully River Station) was a major cattle fattening ranch established in 1963 upon the traditional lands of the [[Dyirbal people]] in the [[Wet Tropics of Queensland]] which was was developed by Bob Klegburg, a descendant of the King family of Texas, USA. Klegburg was offered a lease by the Queensland Government on 21,501ha of land, which at the time was largely covered in lowland [[tropical rainforest]]. The land was made available to Kleberg by the government for $5 per acre for forest and $2 per acre for open field with the pre-development conditions that the land be cleared, seeded to pasture and necessary infrastructure established within 5 years of the project's commencement. It was agreed that the land would be appraised by government experts within 5 years of completion of the work and if deemed to have been raised to optimum production levels King Ranch would buy the land as freehold at the price stipulated for it's former undeveloped condition. All timber from the clearing operations were reserved for use and sale by the Queensland Government.<ref name="auto3">ref>{{Citation | author1=Dawson, Cliff | title=American family owns biggest chunk of Australia | publication-date=1969-10-12 | pp=8,9 | publisher= The Sunday Mail }}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Citation | author1=Dixon, R. M. W | title=Searching for Aboriginal languages: Memoirs of a field worker | publication-date=1983-01-01 | pp=70,80,81 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8505606 | access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Citation | author1=Dixon, R. M. W | author2=Koch, G. | title=Dyirbal Song poetry: The Oral Literature of a Rainforest People. | publication-date=1996-01-01 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30925890}}
</ref><ref>QPD, 1st session 37th Parliament 1963, speech by A.R. Fletcher, Minister for Lands, 13 October, 1963, p.1147;</ref><ref>T.D. Bulletin, editorials, 28 October, 1963, 16 January, 1964</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Ross |date=1984 |title=A History of Queensland Part 2: ‘1957 to the Early 1980s: Conservative Monopoly’ |publisher=University of Queensland Press |pages=418–419 |isbn=0 7022 1734 4 }}</ref>
</ref><ref name="auto5">QPD, 1st session 37th Parliament 1963, speech by A.R. Fletcher, Minister for Lands, 13 October, 1963, p.1147;</ref><ref name="auto2">T.D. Bulletin, editorials, 28 October, 1963, 16 January, 1964</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Ross |date=1984 |title=A History of Queensland Part 2: ‘1957 to the Early 1980s: Conservative Monopoly’ |publisher=University of Queensland Press |pages=418–419 |isbn=0 7022 1734 4 }}</ref>


The arrangement between the Queensland Government and Kleberg initiated a major project to systematically clear the area of every tree and boulder upon the property with dynamite and bulldozers whilst filling in swamps to ensure that freehold conditions could be met within the 5 year period. After this livestock numbers increased from nil to almost 30,000 within around 10 years leading to King Ranch becoming the then largest tropical cattle property in Australia. King Ranch's Australian operation were divided up and sold off for considerable capital gain in the late 1980s after the death of Klegberg with the area largely being converted to banana and cane farms.<ref>ref>{{Citation | author1=Dawson, Cliff | title=American family owns biggest chunk of Australia | publication-date=1969-10-12 | pp=8,9 | publisher= The Sunday Mail }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Dixon, R. M. W | title=Searching for Aboriginal languages: Memoirs of a field worker | publication-date=1983-01-01 | pp=70,80,81 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8505606 | access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation | author1=Dixon, R. M. W | author2=Koch, G. | title=Dyirbal Song poetry: The Oral Literature of a Rainforest People. | publication-date=1996-01-01 | publisher=University of Queensland Press | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/30925890}}
The arrangement between the Queensland Government and Kleberg initiated a major project to systematically clear the area of every tree and boulder upon the property with dynamite and bulldozers whilst filling in swamps to ensure that freehold conditions could be met within the 5 year period. After this livestock numbers increased from nil to almost 30,000 within around 10 years leading to King Ranch becoming the then largest tropical cattle property in Australia. King Ranch's Australian operation were divided up and sold off for considerable capital gain in the late 1980s after the death of Klegberg with the area largely being converted to banana and cane farms.<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto"/>
</ref><ref>QPD, 1st session 37th Parliament 1963, speech by A.R. Fletcher, Minister for Lands, 13 October, 1963, p.1147;</ref><ref>T.D. Bulletin, editorials, 28 October, 1963, 16 January, 1964</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Ross |date=1984 |title=A History of Queensland Part 2: ‘1957 to the Early 1980s: Conservative Monopoly’ |publisher=University of Queensland Press |pages=418–419 |isbn=0 7022 1734 4 }}</ref>


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Revision as of 18:50, 10 April 2021

King Ranch (Tully River Station) was a major cattle fattening ranch established in 1963 upon the traditional lands of the Dyirbal people in the Wet Tropics of Queensland which was was developed by Bob Klegburg, a descendant of the King family of Texas, USA. Klegburg was offered a lease by the Queensland Government on 21,501ha of land, which at the time was largely covered in lowland tropical rainforest. The land was made available to Kleberg by the government for $5 per acre for forest and $2 per acre for open field with the pre-development conditions that the land be cleared, seeded to pasture and necessary infrastructure established within 5 years of the project's commencement. It was agreed that the land would be appraised by government experts within 5 years of completion of the work and if deemed to have been raised to optimum production levels King Ranch would buy the land as freehold at the price stipulated for it's former undeveloped condition. All timber from the clearing operations were reserved for use and sale by the Queensland Government.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The arrangement between the Queensland Government and Kleberg initiated a major project to systematically clear the area of every tree and boulder upon the property with dynamite and bulldozers whilst filling in swamps to ensure that freehold conditions could be met within the 5 year period. After this livestock numbers increased from nil to almost 30,000 within around 10 years leading to King Ranch becoming the then largest tropical cattle property in Australia. King Ranch's Australian operation were divided up and sold off for considerable capital gain in the late 1980s after the death of Klegberg with the area largely being converted to banana and cane farms.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b ref>Dawson, Cliff (1969-10-12), American family owns biggest chunk of Australia, The Sunday Mail, pp. 8, 9
  2. ^ a b Dixon, R. M. W (1983-01-01), Searching for Aboriginal languages: Memoirs of a field worker, University of Queensland Press, pp. 70, 80, 81, retrieved 11 April 2021
  3. ^ a b Dixon, R. M. W; Koch, G. (1996-01-01), Dyirbal Song poetry: The Oral Literature of a Rainforest People., University of Queensland Press
  4. ^ a b QPD, 1st session 37th Parliament 1963, speech by A.R. Fletcher, Minister for Lands, 13 October, 1963, p.1147;
  5. ^ a b T.D. Bulletin, editorials, 28 October, 1963, 16 January, 1964
  6. ^ a b Fitzgerald, Ross (1984). A History of Queensland Part 2: ‘1957 to the Early 1980s: Conservative Monopoly’. University of Queensland Press. pp. 418–419. ISBN 0 7022 1734 4.