Kirkimbie Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a
cattle station
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in the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia
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.
Situated approximately west of
Lajamanu
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and north east of
Halls Creek
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* Walter Halls (1871–1953), British trade unionist and politician
* Ethel May Halls (1882–1967), American actress
* Julian Halls (born 1967), British field hockey player
* ...
near the border with
Western Australia
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.
The property occupies an area of and is composed of a mix of
black soil plains covered in
Mitchell
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*Mitchell (surname)
*Mitchell (given name)
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* Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate
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* Mitchell, Northern Territo ...
and
Flinders grass and red country that supports
spinifex.
It can support a herd of approximately 11,000 head of cattle and has an annual turn-off of about 5,500 head.
The property was owned by
Vestey Group
Vestey Holdings, formerly Vestey Group and previously also known as Vestey Brothers, is a privately-owned UK group of companies comprising an international business focused mainly on food products and services. The company has owned vast holdin ...
in the 1960s and was acquired by
Consolidated Pastoral Company
The Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) is a large, privately owned, Australian Agrifood business which operates 8 cattle stations covering over 3.6m hectares, managing more than 300,000 cattle, in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Q ...
in 1986.
[ Another of the company's properties, ]Bunda Station
Bunda Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Situated approximately west of Lajamanu and south west of Daguragu in the Victoria River district. The property was originally part ...
, acquired in 2014 borders Kirkimbie.
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
* SO ...
References
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Stations in the Northern Territory