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Arrabury Station is a
Arrabury Station is a 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
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that currently operates as a cattle station
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm ( station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a '' grazier''. The largest cattle stati ...
in Queensland
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It is located approximately north of Innamincka and south east of Birdsville
Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Birdsville had a population of 110 people. It is a popular tourist destination with many people using it as a starting point acro ...
in the Channel Country
The Channel Country is a region of outback Australia mostly in the state of Queensland but also in parts of South Australia, Northern Territory and New South Wales. The name comes from the numerous intertwined rivulets that cross the region ...
of Queensland
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, nickname = Sunshine State
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, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
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, established_title = Before federation
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The Arrabury Pastoral Company, controlled by the Daley family, currently own the property along with neighbouring Cluny station that was acquired in 1992. Arrubury occupies and area of and Cluny has an area of . Both properties are used to fatten cattle that were bred in the gulf country.
The property was established and selling cattle at some time prior to 1887, in 1888 the then owner, William Campbell, sold the property along with his other holdings, Doonmulla, Thackabury and Kangarrah. William Henry Lindsay was the purchaser. By 1892 the property was selling wool
Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool.
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at the Melbourne market.
In 1903 the store and a part of the homestead burnt down resulting in the loss hundreds of pounds worth of stores.
The Arrabury Pastoral Company was formed in 1917 with £30,000 of capital to acquire the Arrabury and surrounding leases. The directors were William Henry Lindsay, J. B. Howe, W. S. Fraser and W. Alison.
Encompassing an area of Arrabury was stocked with 7,500 head of cattle. The property has switched from sheep to cattle at some time prior to 1949 following repeated dingo
The dingo (''Canis familiaris'', ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or ''Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient (Basal (phylogenetics), basal) lineage of dog found in Australia (continent), Australia. Its taxonomic classification is de ...
attacks on the sheep. The entire area was struck by drought
A drought is defined as drier than normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, an ...
in 1946 with many cattle dying and properties destocking. The Cooper Creek
The Cooper Creek (formerly Cooper's Creek) is a river in the Australian states of Queensland and South Australia. It was the site of the death of the explorers Burke and Wills in 1861. It is sometimes known as the Barcoo River from one of its t ...
broke its banks in 1949 again in 1950 resulting in widespread flooding through the area.
Struck by drought
A drought is defined as drier than normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, an ...
between 2002 and 2007 the rain arrived producing more feed for stock.
Bushfires
A wildfire, forest fire, bushfire, wildland fire or rural fire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identif ...
swept through the area in 2011 causing a large loss of feed on many properties.
See also
*List of ranches and stations
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
West Africa
*Obudu Cattle Ranch
* SO ...
*List of the largest stations in Australia
This is a list of the largest stations in Australia, which includes stations with an area in excess of .
All of the largest pastoral leases are located in the states of South Australia (SA), Queensland (QLD) and Western Australia (WA); or in the ...
References
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