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03-24-2011, 09:55 PM
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 2:56 PM on 10th March 2011
Queen tops landed list but Australian actress features thanks to holdings in Australia the size of HUNGARY
Nicole Kidman’s relatives are among the largest landowners on the planet, researchers believe.
Australian farming company Kidman Holdings is the eighth biggest landowner in the world.
The research, published today, ranks the Kidmans as owning a tract of land four-and-a-half times the size of Wales – 24,000,000 acres.
‘At eight on the list of individual and family landowners are the farms and ranches of the Kidmans in Australia, to whom the actress Nicole Kidman is related,’ the survey said.
‘Theirs is the largest private, non-monarchical, non-state landholding on earth.’
Kidman Holdings was founded by Sir Sidney Kidman in the 19th century.
He reputedly started the family firm after running away from home at the age of 13, with his sole possession a one-eyed horse. He died in 1935.
Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu but grew up in Australia.
Previously published research has found her ancestors Bridget and James Callachar arrived in Sydney on board the Agnes Ewing in January 1842.
They moved to Port Macquarie to work as ‘agricultural labourers’ and had a son, Miss Kidman’s great-great-grandfather.
A spokesman for the actress, whose father is a biochemist and mother a nursing instructor, declined to comment on the connection to Kidman Holdings.
Topping the list, according to the research published in New Statesman magazine, is the Queen, who – notionally – owns the 6.6billion acres of the Commonwealth in 32 countries.
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AND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LANDOWNERS ARE ...
1. The Queen
2. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
3. The Pope
4. King Mohammed of Morocco
5. King Bhumibhol of Thailand
6. Sultan Qaboos of Oman
7. King Gyanendra of Nepal
8. Kidman Holdings
9. King Abdullah of Jordan
10. AA Company of Brisbane
Last updated at 2:56 PM on 10th March 2011
Queen tops landed list but Australian actress features thanks to holdings in Australia the size of HUNGARY
Nicole Kidman’s relatives are among the largest landowners on the planet, researchers believe.
Australian farming company Kidman Holdings is the eighth biggest landowner in the world.
The research, published today, ranks the Kidmans as owning a tract of land four-and-a-half times the size of Wales – 24,000,000 acres.
‘At eight on the list of individual and family landowners are the farms and ranches of the Kidmans in Australia, to whom the actress Nicole Kidman is related,’ the survey said.
‘Theirs is the largest private, non-monarchical, non-state landholding on earth.’
Kidman Holdings was founded by Sir Sidney Kidman in the 19th century.
He reputedly started the family firm after running away from home at the age of 13, with his sole possession a one-eyed horse. He died in 1935.
Nicole Kidman was born in Honolulu but grew up in Australia.
Previously published research has found her ancestors Bridget and James Callachar arrived in Sydney on board the Agnes Ewing in January 1842.
They moved to Port Macquarie to work as ‘agricultural labourers’ and had a son, Miss Kidman’s great-great-grandfather.
A spokesman for the actress, whose father is a biochemist and mother a nursing instructor, declined to comment on the connection to Kidman Holdings.
Topping the list, according to the research published in New Statesman magazine, is the Queen, who – notionally – owns the 6.6billion acres of the Commonwealth in 32 countries.
CONTINUED (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1364750/Nicole-Kidmans-family-1-worlds-largest-landowners.html)
AND THE WORLD'S BIGGEST LANDOWNERS ARE ...
1. The Queen
2. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
3. The Pope
4. King Mohammed of Morocco
5. King Bhumibhol of Thailand
6. Sultan Qaboos of Oman
7. King Gyanendra of Nepal
8. Kidman Holdings
9. King Abdullah of Jordan
10. AA Company of Brisbane