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"In general mineral rights in Australia are reserved to the Crown" https://www.austrade.gov.au/land-tenure/Land-tenure/mining-and-mineral-exploration-leases ht
by arethuza 8y ago
"In general mineral rights in Australia are reserved to the Crown"
https://www.austrade.gov.au/land-tenure/Land-tenure/mining-and-mineral-exploration-leases https://www.austrade.gov.au/land-tenure/Land-tenure/mining-a...
Which seems as complex as you might expect for something based on similar UK laws:
http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsUK/planning/legislation/mineralOwnership.html http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsUK/planning/legislation/mineral...
NB I've thought for a while that land 'ownership' is a slightly odd concept - not helped by being in Scotland where land ownership has had over a thousand years to get in a nice mess.
- vaughnegut 8y agoWould have a link or something to look up about Scotland's land rights being a mess? I realize I'm veering a little off topic here, but I'd be curious to learn more. I'd never heard that before
- arethuza 8y agoI can recommend this book if you are are really interested: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14614429-the-poor-had-no-lawyers https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14614429-the-poor-had-no... This Guardian article gives you a flavour of some of the issues: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/10/scotland-land-rights https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/10/scotland-lan...