Glencoe Station is an Australian pastoral lease that operates as a
sheep station and more recently as a
cattle station. It is located about south of
Cunnamulla
Cunnamulla () is a town and a locality in the Shire of Paroo, Queensland, Australia. It is south of Charleville, and approximately west of the state capital, Brisbane. In the , Cunnamulla had a population of 1,140 people.
Geography
Cunnamulla ...
and north east of
Hungerford in
Queensland. The property is located on the floodplain of the
Warrego River
The Warrego River is an intermittent river that is part of the Darling River, Darling catchment within the Murray–Darling basin, which is located in South West Queensland and in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Aus ...
.
The station was sold in 1909 by Mr Barney Smith to Mr Moore of
New South Wales together with all stock and plant.
The station was "burnt to the ground" in 1934 causing between £1000 and £2000 damage. The owner, Ross MacDonald, and his wife were away at the time and no one was hurt in the fire.
The station was running sheep and owned by a Mr. Beels in 1948.
The property is prone to flooding whenever the Warrego catchment is inundated. The most recent flooding events have been in 1990, 1997 and 2008. In 2008 the property was owned by Hugh Miller who had trouble moving stock in the 2008 flood following early rains that softened the ground.
See also
*
List of ranches and stations
References
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Stations in Queensland
South West Queensland