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The paper examines how derived rights have evolved through settlement, loan, rental or purchase contracts and how these arrangements have developed as a result of national policy and socio-economic history. It goes on to examine how the unique circumstances of "established" and "pioneer" farming areas show differing patterns of change in arrangements over time. The author then looks at the wider questions of how arrangements affect security of tenure and scrutinises the relationship between official land rights bodies, government policy and the informal structure of contracts.The author concludes that the driving force behind differing contract strategies is the search for a secure livelihood and that this always overrides law and the enforcement of policy. Tenure policies must be integrated within broader development policies that have an understanding of tenure practices.
