The egalitarian myth behind the great Australian dream of home ownership is at odds with the first rules of land granting in the colonies. Even then, property ownership depended on wealth and status.

The return to pre-colonial plant ecologies is more than a restoration project; it’s a journey into understanding how people and plants once thrived together in delicate balance, a story as ...

The egalitarian myth behind the great Australian dream of home ownership is at odds with the first rules of land granting in the colonies. Even then, property ownership depended on wealth and status.

Documents from the 1700s sanctioned by England's King George III were used to prove 20 acres of marsh on Kiawah Island — land that's usually state property — actually belongs ...

AQUINNAH, Mass. — Off the coast of Massachusetts, the island of Martha's Vineyard is bustling with summer tourists packed into beaches, yacht clubs, and restaurants. A tour around the 96-square-mile ...

WILTON — A pre-Colonial “road” near the Weston border has town officials scrambling to figure out how to handle the now-impassable tract of land.

Mr Mohamed (he does not use his real name for security reasons) has worked for Bamburi for nearly two decades. He told The Africa Report that the land ownership dispute has pitted Bamburi Cement and ...