Iffley Station is a
pastoral lease that currently operates as a
cattle station
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in
Queensland
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Description
The property is situated approximately south of
Normanton and north of
Julia Creek in the
Gulf Country of Queensland. The property is composed of rolling downs grassed with
Mitchell grass
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,
bluegrass,
salt bush and other herbages.
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Occupying an area of about , the property is composed of half sandy forest country and the remainder is open downs of ]Mitchell grass
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. Both the Saxby and the Norman River
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s traverse the property.
History
In 1884 the property was sold by Messrs Walsh, Brown and Walsh to D. F. MacKay along with the 4,400 head of cattle it was stocked with. Mackay placed the station on the market in 1894. At this time it was and was stocked with 22,000 head of cattle and 166 horses.Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
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cattle and 187 horses the station included managers house, men's quarters store house, cattle yards and two recently sunk bores.
In 1931 the property was owned by Kidman and Angliss, who remained in charge until at least 1942.
The property was acquired by Don McDonald, the eldest son of Jim McDonald, in 1979 along with Rutland Plains. Iffley is currently owned by MDH, still owned by the McDonald family, and is one of the companies 11 cattle stations throughout Queensland.[
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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
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Stations (Australian agriculture)
Pastoral leases in Queensland
North West Queensland