In 1858, their reservation had been reduced to 100,000 acres.
Now, the untouched areas of the plains have been reduced to less than 100 acres scattered throughout the area.
Over time, human settlements came around it, eating into gardens and reducing the area to 34 acres.
Now reduced to 30 acres, it remains imposing, a monument to a way of life that seems utterly unbelievable today.
Though Murrumba had been reduced to 3000 acres (12 km2) the family kept the property until 1952.
At its establishment it was 763,000 acres large but has been reduced to 25,000 acres.
Introduced on January 14, 1963, the amended measure reduced the size of the park from 330,000 to 258,000 acres.
Mandated production cuts reduced the figure to 29 acres by last year and to 27 this year.
Subsequently it has been reduced to 110 acres (445,000 m2).
By 1987 the size of the estate had reduced to 250 acres.