There are 5 categories of Crown-owned land: 1. land permanently set aside for national parks, reserves and domains (see F0040); 2. land held by individuals for farming or other purposes under lease or licence from the Crown; 3. land developed for subdivision and settlement as individual farms or other purposes; 4. unoccupied land, i.e. land vested in the Crown and not set aside for public purpose or held by any person in fee simple, or on lease or licence or under development by a government department; and 5. land acquired by the Crown for government works. There are five chronological phases of Crown land administration: 1840 to 1852, 1852 to 1876, 1876 to 1912, 1912 to 1987 and 1987 to current.
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