Cooinda Station is a

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that currently operates as a

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. The property is situated approximately north of Winton and southeast of

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. The ephemeral Werna Creek runs through the property. The property is predominantly

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and Flinders grass country. Cooinda was acquired by Balgarnie and Martin at some time prior to 1896. At this time it was running sheep. Over 10,000 sheep were sold off from the property in 1897. In 1898 a

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was being sunk at the property to guarantee water for stock. It was completed in early 1899 when it reached a depth of and produced a flow rate of per day. Robert Edward Balgarnie still owned the property when he was married in 1906. The

Consolidated Pastoral Company The Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is a large, privately owned, Australian Agrifood business which operates 8 cattle stations covering over 3.6m hectares, managing more than 300,000 cattle, in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Q ...

acquired Cooinda in 2010 at which time the property occupied an area of and runs up to 4,000 head of cattle.

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{{Reflist Stations (Australian agriculture) Pastoral leases in Queensland Central West Queensland

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