Depasturing has several meanings 1 to allow anninals to eat the land bare 2 to plough the and and leave in fallow till the next crop is planted 3 to allow land that has been under pasture to revert to it's natural state. Kinchega Station, Broken Hill is a good example of this, it was over stocked and the land denuned of all natural vegetation, then after the sheep were removed (or most of them) and it became a national park, nature is taking over with lots of natural bush vegetation regenerating       Helen

A lot depends on the context of the original text. There was a thing called a Depasturing Licence - this article in TROVE details the Regulations for such licences in South Australia in 1860 ... http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49892708 Regards ........ Susie Z -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Helen Carter Sent: 28 Jun 2013 8:28 PM To: Judy Holding; [email protected] Subject: Re: [AUS-SAGEN] DEPASTURISING Land. Depasturing has several meanings 1 to allow anninals to eat the land bare 2 to plough the and and leave in fallow till the next crop is planted 3 to allow land that has been under pasture to revert to it's natural state. Kinchega Station, Broken Hill is a good example of this, it was over stocked and the land denuned of all natural vegetation, then after the sheep were removed (or most of them) and it became a national park, nature is taking over with lots of natural bush vegetation regenerating   Helen