Bonney Downs Station is a pastoral lease that was once a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. It is located approximately south of Marble Bar and north of

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on the

Nullagine River The Nullagine River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise south of Bonney Downs and then flow in a northerly direction. The river crosses the Marble Bar road at Nullagine and continues to flow ...

in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Neighbouring properties include Momalanna Station. The heritage listed homestead is found on the property. The homestead has been classified by the National Trust and is on the

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. In 1912 the station had a flock of 5,200 sheep and produced 93 bales of wool during shearing. In 2015 the station sold off many of its

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and

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cattle following a season of unpredictable rainfall. The station manager, Peter Goyder, who also manages Warradarge Station, intended to sell off stock at a rate of 200 a week for six months. In 2019 it featured on Prospero Productions's ''Outback Pilots'' series.

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{{Stations of the Pilbara Western Australia Pastoral leases in Western Australia Stations (Australian agriculture) Homesteads in Western Australia Pilbara

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