Maryvale Station is a

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that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of

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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. The ephemeral

Finke Finke or Fincke is the name of: Places ;Australia *Finke, Northern Territory, a community in central Australia now known as Aputula *Finke bioregion, An IBRA region in the Northern Territory *Finke River, a river in central Australia *Finke Gorge ...

and the Hugh River both flow through the property but it is still dependent on bores and dams for watering stock. The Indigenous Australian 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 Horseshoe Bend Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory. The property occupies and area of and includes approximately frontage to the ephemeral Finke River with a str ...

to the south, Allambi to the east, Deep Well and Orange Creek to the north and with Henbury 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 homestead, 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

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and Northern Territory. It was bought by

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in April 2018 for .

Early history

Maryvale Station is named after

Mary Hayes Mary may refer to: People * Mary (name), a feminine given name (includes a list of people with the name) Religious contexts * New Testament people named Mary, overview article linking to many of those below * Mary, mother of Jesus, also calle ...

, wife of

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, who owned the station in the early 1900s, along with Owen Springs Station,

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, Deep Well Station 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 ha ...

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{{Reflist Stations in the Northern Territory

Early history

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