Augustus Downs Station is a pastoral lease that 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 stat ...
in the
Gulf Country of
outback Queensland
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It is situated south of
Burketown
Burketown is an isolated outback town and coastal locality in the Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Burketown had a population of 238 people.
It is located west of Cairns and west of Normanton on the Albert R ...
and south west of
Normanton. The
Leichhardt River
The Leichhardt River is a river in north west Queensland, Australia.
Course
The source of the river is in the Selwyn Range under Rifle Creek Hill and fed by Rifle Creek approximately south of the mining town Mount Isa. It runs in a generally n ...
and numerous tributaries flow through the property.
Oscar John de Satgé acquired the property in around 1881 along with
Carandotta Station
Carandotta Station, most commonly referred to as Carandotta but often spelled as Carrandotta, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Queensland, Australia. It is within the localities of Carrandotta and Piturie in the Shir ...
after selling Coreena Station for £70,000.
In 1901 the property shared a boundary with Lorraine Station, although it was not fenced and cattle from both properties grazed in each other's pastures.
Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime.
Early life
Sidne ...
was a director of the Augustus Downs Pastoral Company until 1935.
William Charles Angliss
Sir William Charles Angliss (29 January 1865 – 15 June 1957) was a butcher, pastoralist, pioneering meat exporter, businessman, and politician in Melbourne, Australia.
Biography
He was the eldest son of William Angliss, tailor, and his wif ...
was also a director in the company.
In 2003 the property was owned by the
Stanbroke Pastoral Company.
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
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References
{{Stations of Sidney Kidman
Pastoral leases in Queensland
Stations (Australian agriculture)
North West Queensland