Jimba Jimba Station, most often referred to as Jimba Jimba, 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 ...

currently operating as a

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, that once operated as a

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. The property is situated near

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, approximately east of Carnarvon and north of Kalbarri. The property has double frontage to an approximately length of the

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, and backs onto the Kennedy Range in the

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region of Western Australia.

Description

The station was established in 1878 by G. Hamersley and S. Simms and occupied an area of . By 1885, the station had changed hands and was owned by

Samuel James Phillips Samuel James Phillips (8 November 1855 – 21 June 1920) was an Australian pastoralist and politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1890 to 1904, representing the seat of Irwin. Phillips was born in P ...

and his brother John H. Phillips. Jimba Jimba was severely flooded along with surrounding properties including Erivilla and Clifton Downs in 1896 following heavy rains. The Gascoyne River and many of its tributaries broke their banks resulting in loss of stock. By 1906 Messrs S. J. Phillips and Company owned Jimba Jimba and a total of 23,000 sheep were shorn producing 290 bales of wool. Philip Ryan managed the station until 1907, when Douglas Philips, John Phillip's son, took over management of the property. In 1911 the property had a good shearing season with 400 bales of wool produced. Following the deaths of John and Samuel Philips the property passed onto Douglas in 1921. In 1926 approximately 19,000 sheep were shorn yielding 475 bales of wool. A team of eight shearers led by Bill Young sheared 8,205 sheep in a 38½ hour week in 1954 at Jimba Jimba. A seven-year

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was broken in 2010 when the area received its wettest day on record. This triggered massive flooding along the Gascoyne River, with water levels up to above normal. Floodwaters almost surrounded the

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, with people having to be winched from rooftops by a police helicopter.

Geology

Jimbacrinus bostocki MHNT Gascoyne Junction, Western Australia

The station gave name to the

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Jimba Jimba Formation, part of the

Wooramel Group Wooramel Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located east of Denham and south east of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The property occupies an area of and is situated along the North West Coastal Highway, ...

. In the

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s of the formation, many fossil

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s and

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s have been found. The

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'' Jimbacrinus bostocki'', found in

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s of the Cundlego Formation, was also named after the station.''Jimbacrinus''
at

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References

{{Stations of the Gascoyne Western Australia Homesteads in Western Australia Pastoral leases in Western Australia Shire of Upper Gascoyne Paleontology in Australia Heritage places of Western Australia 1878 establishments in Australia

Description

Geology

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