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Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 39 No. 3 1925

The Taxation of Unimproved Value of Land in Australia

H. Heaton

The University of Adelaide

Abstract

Spread of taxes on unimproved land in the States and in the Commonwealth from 1884 to 1910. — Three chief aims: revenue, tapping the unearned increment, breaking up of big estates, 411. — The last-named the chief aim of the Federal tax, 415. — Extent and importance of the big estates, 415. — The Federal land tax of 1910, 421. — The battles in the law courts, 424. — The problem of valuation, 428. — No spectacular results: some redistribution of land, 434. — Absentee landowners reduced their holdings about one half, 437. — Who bought, 440. — The problem of finding land for new settlers almost as difficult as ever, 447.

DOI
10.2307/1882435
Volume
39
Issue
3
Pages
410
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