Mount Nor' West Station 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 ...

in outback

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

that once operated as a

sheep station A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...

but is now 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 ...

. It is located approximately south of Marree and north west of Lyndhurst.

History

The lease was taken up by Henry McConville in 1874, when it occupied an area of approximately . McConville already owned

Myrtle Springs Station Myrtle Springs Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in outback South Australia. Description The station is located approximately south of Marree and north of Blinman. The property adjoins Beltana and Leigh Creek ...

and would later acquire Witchelina and

Angepena Angepena Station is a pastoral lease operating as a sheep station in South Australia. The property is situated approximately south east of Leigh Creek and north of Adelaide. The property was established in 1855 by John Baker, who had app ...

Stations. The station was acquired by

Sidney Kidman Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoral farming, pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime. ...

at some time before 1899. At this time only a few cattle were being run on the eastern side of the property. In 1908 a flock of 14,053 sheep were

shorn Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off. The person who removes the sheep's wool is called a '' shearer''. Typically each adult sheep is shorn once each year (a sheep may be said to have been "shorn" or ...

at the station. and the size of the station was recorded as being only . In 1950, Kidman's estate disposed of Mount Nor' West, along with Witchelina, Myrtle Springs and Ediacara stations with a combined area of over . The purchasers were A.S. Toll, E.G. and J.L. Bonython, who had established the Myrtle Springs Pastoral Company.

References

{{Stations of Sidney Kidman Stations (Australian agriculture) Pastoral leases in South Australia Far North (South Australia)

History

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