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 Post subject: In memoriam, perspective
PostPosted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 11:57 am 
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From the Kerry Packer obit:

Packer also invested in real estate, becoming one of Australia's largest landowners and cattle barons by the late 1980s. His Australian properties were said to cover an area bigger than Belgium.


Is that larger or smaller than Maryland? Rhode Island?


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Some rounded figures: Rhode Island 1545 square miles, Maryland 9800 square miles, Belgium 11800 square miles. The report wouldn't be an exaggeration. A lot of Australian land is nothingness.


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From The Australian Dec 28, 2005:
"Mr Packer, through his Consolidated Pastoral Company, owned 17 cattle stations, covering 4.9million hectares (about 18,920 square miles), running more than 300,000 cattle."

That's just part of his land holdings...


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