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Meedo Cohuna
Meedo Station, commonly referred to as Meedo, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. It is situated about east of Denham and south east of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region. The homestead lies along the Wooramel River and is about from the North West Coastal Highway. Meedo shares a boundary with Wahroonga, Pimbec, Towrana, Yaringa and Wooramel Stations. Occupying an area of approximately Meedo mostly consists of red sandplain country covered by thin mixed shrublands with denser stands of gidgee on the dunes. The property is capable of carrying a flock of 12,850 sheep but had flocks of up to 18,660 in 1970. During the drought of 1980 Meedo was only carrying 2,684 sheep. The property was owned by John Henry Thomas Monger and William Felix Monger in 1900, having been established prior to that year. Approximately 9,000 sheep were shorn at Meedo in 1906; a light clip was produced as rains had come late in the season. The total rainfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoral Lease
A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands. Australia Pastoral leases exist in both Australian commonwealth law and state jurisdictions. They do not give all the rights that attach to freehold land: there are usually conditions which include a time period and the type of activity permitted. According to Austrade, such leases cover about 44% of mainland Australia (), mostly in arid and semi-arid regions and the tropical savannahs. They usually allow people to use the land for grazing traditional livestock, but more recently have been also used for non-traditional livestock (such as kangaroos or camels), tourism and other activities. Management of the leases falls mainly to state and territory governments. Under Commonwealth of Australia law, applicable only in the Northern Territory, they are agreements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |