Cooplacurripa 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
Cooplacurripa,
New South Wales
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It is situated approximately north of
Gloucester
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and west of
Kendall. The
Cooplacurripa River runs through the property, which is situated in a high rainfall valley area. It is one of the largest cattle stations on the eastern seaboard.
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The ]Australian Agricultural Company
The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) () is a public-listed Australian company that, as at 2018, owned and operated feedlots and farms covering around of land in Queensland and the Northern Territory, roughly one percent of Australia's la ...
has had links with the property dating back as far as 1846.[
In 1950 the property was acquired by Ivan Norrie Livermore when it occupied an area of . Over two years at a cost of 35,000 pounds he destroyed an estimated 500,000 rabbits; subsequently the property was soon able to support a herd of 10,000 cattle.][
The Bydand Pastoral Company placed the property on the market in 2012 for leasing when the property had an estimated carrying capacity of 9,000 head of cattle. The herd is a mix of ]Angus
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* Angus, New South Wales
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and Hereford cattle.[ Some 70 investors applied to manage the property at a cost of an estimated 1 million per year for a five-year lease. At the time the property had 11 cattle yards, extensive subdivision fencing, machinery and hay shed, cottages and the main homestead.]
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
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Pastoral leases in New South Wales
Stations (Australian agriculture)