South Australia Landowners 1835-1841

When South Australia was settled, it was thought that the colony’s land should be sold in small sections, of ideally about 80 acres. The money raised by the sale and leasing of land was used for an Emigration Fund that helped cover the cost of conveying immigrant labourers and their families from Great Britain and Ireland. All land was surveyed before the sale and rural land was to be initially sold in 80-acre parcels at a minimum price of £1 per acre.