Boologooroo Station, commonly referred to as Boologooroo, 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
Pastoral lease ...
that operates as a
sheep station in
Western Australia.
Description
It is situated about north east of
Carnarvon and south of
Coral Bay in the
Gascoyne
The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Ga ...
region. The station is bordered to the south by
Boolathana Station, to the north by
Minilya Station and to the east by Cooralya Station.
Lake MacLeod forms the western boundary of the station.
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The property occupies an area of , of which is described as being in good or fair condition. It has a carrying capacity of 10,500 sheep. The country is mostly alluvial plains with duplex soils and many sandy rises. The vegetation is mixed shrubland of ]currant bush
''Carissa spinarum'', the conkerberry or bush plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family (biology), family (Apocynaceae), widely distributed in tropical regions of Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean. It ...
, many acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
s and some Gascoyne bluebush. The western portion of the station is made up of flat, saline alluvial plains that support salt bush Saltbush is a vernacular plant name that most often refers to ''Atriplex'', a genus of about 250 plants distributed worldwide from subtropical to subarctic regions. ''Atriplex'' species are native to Australia, North and South America, and Eurasia. ...
, blue bush and taller acacia species.
History
Boologoroo was established in 1894 by Robert Campbell. Campbell had previously taken up Beringarra Station in 1881 before acquiring Boologooroo.[ and Harry took full ownership of Boologooroo.
A thunderstorm struck the station in 1911, and the windmill near the homestead was destroyed by the winds. of rain fell in just over an hour and the temperature dropped from to in forty minutes. In 1923 the area was struck by a ]cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
, with Boologooroo receiving over a few days.
The area of the property in 1924 was and it had a flock of 23,000 sheep in 1925.
The body of Jack Smith was found in the woolshed in an advanced state of decomposition in 1932. Smith had enquired about work of the station but then committed suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. Mental disorders (including depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders), physical disorders (such as chronic fatigue syndrome), and s ...
in the shed.
See also
* List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
References
{{Stations of the Gascoyne Western Australia
Shire of Carnarvon
Stations (Australian agriculture)
Pastoral leases in Western Australia
1894 establishments in Australia