""Land scandals associated with the grant of lands and speculative development were especially common in Sydney and Melbourne in the 19th century and led to heightened concern that after the long debate about the siting of the National Capital it would give rise to unseemly land speculation," a parliamentary committee tasked with reviewing the leasehold system almost 80 years after its implementation reported."
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