Australia’s biggest landholder is Gina Rinehart, controlling 9.2m hectares

Others with substantial holdings include Andrew and Nicola Forrest in WA, SA's MacLachlan family and the Brook and McDonald families in Queensland

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The mining magnate Gina Rinehart is Australia's biggest landholder, controlling more than 9.2m hectares, or 1.2% of the entire landmass of the country, according to data compiled by Guardian Australia.

Rinehart rockets to the top of the list when the land she controls through three different companies is combined. The area she controls is about 40% greater than the company that tops the list on a stand-alone basis, the Australian Securities Exchange-listed Australian Agricultural Co.