Doorawarrah Station, commonly referred to as Doorawarrah, 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

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 stati ...

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. It is situated about 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 Gasc ...

region. Doorawarrah is bounded to the west by

Brick House Station Brickhouse Station, formerly spelt Brick House Station, is a pastoral lease in Western Australia. It once operated as a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station, with some turned over to mango cultivation . It is located north ea ...

and has of double frontage to the

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. In 1890 the property was acquired by James Munro, who developed the property over many years. In 1905 approximately 32,000 sheep were shorn at Doorawarrah. By 1908 the flock size had increased to 36,368, and 558 bales of wool were produced from shearing. 42,459 sheep were clipped in 1910, yielding 768 bales. The area had three dry years from mid 1909 to early 1913, with the Gascoyne River not running for any of that time. Munro sold Doorawarrah and took up the Pallinup Estate near Gnowangerup. Reginald George Burt who had once managed neighbouring Brick House Station acquired Doorawarrah and the 33,000 sheep the property was stocked with in 1922 and retained possession until his death in 1957. Massive

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swept through the area in 1927, with Doorawarrah, Brick House, Ella Valla, Callagiddy and other properties all losing large areas of feed to the fires. The property was sold for 3 million in 2009 to a local pastoralist who owned two other properties in the area. The new owners, David and Geneveive Robinson, lost a few cattle from the property during the

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, but had a good season in 2011 after the rains broke a long drought. In 2012 the area was threatened by bushfires that burned an area of in total. Doorawarrah and other stations such as Jimba Jimba, Boolathana and

Meedo Meedo Station, commonly referred to as Meedo, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. It is situated about east of Denham and south east of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region. The homestead lies along the ...

all received bushfire advice warnings.

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{{Stations of the Gascoyne Western Australia Stations in Gascoyne Shire of Carnarvon

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