Home Valley or Home Valley Station is a pastoral lease and

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Location

It is located along the

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west of Kununurra in the Kimberley region.

History

The pastoral lease is currently owned by the

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along with nearby Karunjie Station and Durack River Station, which together cover an area of . Home Valley covers a total area of and is bordered to the east by the

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from its neighbour

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. The station is also known as HV8, which is the station's brand, and many of the signage to the station uses the HV8 logo. Coming into existence in 1957 the pastoral lease was taken up by when Harold MacNamara left Mabel Downs, which he had been managing for the Naughtons family. The area had a poor reputation and, along with

, was known as the underworld as a result of the large amount of theft of unbranded calves. MacNamara then sold up to Kevin Stansby, including 700 head of cattle, and returned to work for the Naughtons on Texas Downs. Stansby later sold to General Development Corporation, based in

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in 1972. An upgrade was planned for the

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in 2005 when 96,350 was allocated so that so it could be brought up to Royal Flying Doctor night landing standard as part of the Regional Airports Development Scheme implemented by the Gallop government. The station has been open for

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since 2006 and offers a range of accommodation to visitors; following a major renovation in 2008 it was converted to a holiday resort. The accommodation and homestead overlook Bindoola Creek, which is lined with

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trees and has views of the Cockburn Range. Parts of the station were featured in the film ''

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'' as the fictional property Faraway Downs, particularly through the cattle drive scene.

External links

Home Valley Station Trails Project

References

{{Stations of the Kimberley Western Australia Homesteads in Western Australia Pastoral leases in Western Australia Kimberley (Western Australia) Stations (Australian agriculture) 1926 establishments in Australia

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History

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