Even by Sydney standards, it's the real estate deal of a lifetime, a unique opportunity to bag a prime piece of outback Australia, not to mention a sizeable slice of the country's history. Founded in 1899 by a parsimonious teetotal South Australian named Sidney Kidman, the iconic Kidman & Co pastoral leases comprise the largest private landholding in Australia, 101,000 square kilometres, or almost 2 per cent of the continent, including 16 properties across three states, a stud farm and 185,000 grass-fed cattle. "[It's] a large-scale, profitable, integrated portfolio of renowned Australian cattle properties which has taken decades to put together," Kidman & Co chief...
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