Maryvale Station is a

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that operates as a

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in the

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. It is situated about south of

Alice Springs Alice Springs ( aer, Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Known as Stuart until 31 August 1933, the name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William Whitfield Mills after Alice, Lady Todd (''née'' Al ...

and east of

Yulara Yulara is a town in the southern region of the Northern Territory, Australia. It lies as an unincorporated enclave within MacDonnell Region. At the , Yulara had a permanent population of 1,099, in an area of . It is by road from World Heritag ...

. The ephemeral Finke and the Hugh River both flow through the property but it is still dependent on bores and dams for watering stock. The

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community of

Titjikala Titjikala (also known as Tapatjatjaka and formerly known as " Maryvale", after the cattle station at the community of the same name) is an Aboriginal community in the south of the Northern Territory of Australia. At the , Titjikala had a popul ...

is situated within the boundaries of the station. The property shares a boundary with Horseshoe Bend Station to the south, Allambi to the east, Deep Well and Orange Creek to the north and with

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and Idracowra Stations to the west. The unusual rock formation,

Chambers Pillar Chambers Pillar (Aboriginal name ''Idracowra'' or ''Etikaura'') is a sandstone formation some south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. Formation Erosion by wind and rain has left an isolated pillar of 350-million-yea ...

is situated within the station boundaries. The property has an average stocking rate of approximately 6,500 head of cattle. It is equipped with a three bedroom

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, a four bedroom staff house, workers' quarters, workshop, sheds, cattle yards and is divided into 14 paddocks. the property was still on the market along with at least 15 others in the Kimberley and Northern Territory. It was bought by

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in April 2018 for .

Early history

Maryvale Station is named after

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, wife of William Hayes, who owned the station in the early 1900s, along with

Owen Springs Station Owen Springs Station, now known as Owen Springs Reserve is a former pastoral station and now a nature reserve west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. The Hugh River and Waterhouse Range run through the reserve. It also ...

Mount Burrell Station Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

Deep Well Station Deep Well Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. Description It is situated about South South East of Alice Springs and East of the Stuart Highway in the Northern Territory just ...

and

Undoolya Station Undoolya Station is a pastoral lease east of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It has been managed by the Hayes Family since 1906. It is currently managed by Ben and Nicole Hayes. Early history Central Aranda people hav ...

References

{{Reflist Stations in the Northern Territory

Early history

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