Meedo Station, commonly referred to as Meedo, 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
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that operates as a
cattle station
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm ( station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a '' grazier''. The largest cattle stati ...
in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
.
It is situated about east of
Denham and south east of
Carnarvon in the
Gascoyne
The Gascoyne region is one of the nine administrative regions of Western Australia. It is located in the northwest of Western Australia, and consists of the local government areas of Carnarvon, Exmouth, Shark Bay and Upper Gascoyne. The Gasc ...
region. The homestead lies along the
Wooramel River
The Wooramel River is an ephemeral river in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
The river rises near McLeod Pyramid and flows in a westerly direction, joined by six tributaries including the Wooramel River North, Bilung Creek, One Gum Cre ...
and is about from the
North West Coastal Highway
North West Coastal Highway is a generally north-south Western Australian highway which links the coastal city of Geraldton with the town of Port Hedland. The road, constructed as a sealed two-lane single carriageway, travels through remote and ...
. Meedo shares a boundary with Wahroonga, Pimbec, Towrana, Yaringa and
Wooramel Station
Wooramel Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located east of Denham, Western Australia, Denham and south east of Carnarvon, Western Australia, Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
The property occupies an area of ...
s.
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Occupying an area of approximately Meedo mostly consists of red sandplain country covered by thin mixed shrublands with denser stands of gidgee on the dunes. The property is capable of carrying a flock of 12,850 sheep but had flocks of up to 18,660 in 1970. During the drought of 1980 Meedo was only carrying 2,684 sheep.]wild dogs
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were becoming an issue.
William Felix Monger died in 1914, followed by his brother John Henry Thomas in 1920. In 1921 14,881 sheep were shorn, producing an average of of wool per sheep. By 1922 the property had been acquired by J.E. and N.M. Dempster.
A portion of the lease was surrendered in 1951. In 1954 the Dempsters acquired another property, The Grange, for £100,000. The Grange, with an area of , was situated along the Irwin River
The Irwin River is a river in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It was named on 9 April 1839 by the explorer George Grey, while on his second disastrous exploration expedition along the Western Australian coast, after his friend Major F ...
and was to be run in conjunction with Meedo.
In 2012 the area was threatened by bushfires that burned an area of in total. Meedo and other stations such as Jimba Jimba, Boolathana and Doorawarrah all received bushfire advice warnings.
See also
* List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
Pastoral leases in Western Australia are increasingly known as "stations", and more particular – as either sheep stations or cattle stations. They are usually found in country that is designated as rangeland. In 2013 there were a total of 527 p ...
References
{{Stations of the Gascoyne Western Australia
Shire of Carnarvon
Stations (Australian agriculture)
Pastoral leases in Western Australia