Pastoral Land Act 1992

The objects of this Act are:

(a) to provide a form of tenure of Crown land that facilitates the sustainable use of land for pastoral purposes and the economic viability of the pastoral industry;

(i) the monitoring of pastoral land so as to detect and assess any change in its condition;

(ii) the prevention or minimisation of degradation of or other damage to the land and its indigenous plant and animal life; and

(iii) the rehabilitation of the land in cases of degradation or other damage;

(c) to recognise the right of Aboriginal persons to follow traditional pursuits on pastoral land;

(d) to provide reasonable access for the public across pastoral land to waters and places of public interest; and

(e) to provide a procedure to establish Aboriginal community living areas on pastoral land.