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The tradition of fencing out unwanted livestock prevails even today in some sparsely populated areas. For example, until the mid-20th century, most states in the American West were called "open range" ("fence out") states, in contrast to Eastern and Midwestern states which long had "fence in" laws where livestock must be confined by their owners.
The first discovery of incorrectly allocated land was in 1884 when surveyor Johnson was instructed to survey a 40-acre (160,000 m 2) Conditional Purchase (No. 83–10) adjacent to the border at Tweed Heads for the NSW Government. [3] The area he surveyed had already been allocated and marked by the QLD Government surveyors.
Bounds (Abuttals and boundaries) refer to a more general boundary description, such as along a certain watercourse, a stone wall, an adjoining public road way, or an existing building. The system is often used to define larger pieces of property (e.g. farms) and political subdivisions (e.g. town boundaries) where precise definition is not ...
Today, across the nation, each state is free to develop its own laws regarding fences. In many cases for both rural and urban property owners, the laws were designed to require adjacent landowners to share the responsibility for maintaining a common boundary fenceline. Today, however, only 22 states have retained that provision.
New South Wales LGAs by largest council faction as of December 2022. This is a list of local government areas (LGAs) in New South Wales, sorted by region.As of September 2024 there were 128 local government areas in New South Wales, [1] there are 33 local government areas in Greater Sydney and 95 local government areas and 12 regions in Regional New South Wales.
The initial land grant to the Church and School Estate, combined with the pastoral holdings of Mackellar, Wilson, Coghill and Maddrell created a distinctive land tenure pattern that remains clearly legible in terms of property subdivision, rural housing density, vegetation patterns, boundary fence divisions and road patterns. [1]
The Laws lived in Denfield for over 23 years, undertaking restoration to the house and garden areas, with the assistance of Federal Government and Campbelltown City Council grants. [6] They built the two modern outbuildings in 1997 (to the house's north-west, near the pool) and c. 2004 (a southern pavilion, connected to the house).
A fence viewer is a town or city official who administers fence laws by inspecting new fences and settles disputes arising from trespass by livestock that had escaped enclosure. [ 1 ] The office of fence viewer is one of the oldest appointments in New England .