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Crown Point 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 the Alice Springs region of the
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.


Description

It is situated north west of Aputula and east of
Kulgera Kulgera is a locality in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is south of Alice Springs and north of the border with South Australia, making it the southernmost permanent settlement in the Northern Territory. It sits on the junction of the ...
. The ephemeral Finke River flows through the property which is bordered by Engoordina Station. The property is named after Crown Point, a pyramid shaped hill with flattened apex, near to a gorge along the Finke. The country is mostly gently undulating well covered by
Mitchell grass ''Astrebla'' is a small genus of xerophytic (adapted to survive in an environment with little liquid water) grasses found only in Australia. They are the dominant grass across much of the continent. They are commonly known as Mitchell grass aft ...
and other fodder suitable for stock.


History

The property was established at some time prior to 1886 at which time it was owned by Messrs Willoby, Harding and Co. The station was stocked with 3,000 head of cattle, 250 horses and 200 goats. The owner of the property in 1890 was James Cowan who, along with another man named Bullimore, was killed in a railway accident the same year. The property occupied an area of and was stocked with approximately 7.000 head of cattle and was being managed by Mr Ross.
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struck the area in 1892 but this was followed by successive good seasons from 1893 to 1897. By 1910 the owner of the property was Horace Cowan and it was being managed by Richard Taylor. The property was placed on the market in 1937 when it occupied an area of . Stock were watered by the Bloodwood Bore and 17 other wells as well as the Finke and Goyder Rivers.


Historic photographs

Crown Point - Central Australia - Northern Territory(GN02695C).jpg Crown Point - Central Australia - Northern Territory(GN02883).jpg Crown Point, Finke River, Northern Territory(GN01144).jpg


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 * S ...


References

{{Reflist Pastoral leases in the Northern Territory Stations (Australian agriculture)