Barwidgee Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a
sheep station in
Western Australia.
It is located approximately south east of
Wiluna and north east of
Leinster in the
Mid West
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region of Western Australia.
The Ryan brothers sold the property in 1944 to L. Bilston, who had managed the station for the previous five years. At this time the station occupied an area of and was completely fenced and divided into paddocks. There were sixty mills connected to tanks, a five-stand
shearing shed, two wool sheds and a compact homestead. It was stocked with 7,000 sheep, 100 cattle and 30 horses.
In 1950 the property was stocked with 9,500 sheep.
Mega Uranium acquired the lease in 2009. Mega's
Lake Maitland uranium mine is located on the lease.
See also
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List of ranches and stations
*
List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
References
{{Stations of the Mid West Western Australia
Stations in the Mid West (Western Australia)
Homesteads in Western Australia