Napperby Station, also known as Napperby, 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 ...
used as a
cattle station in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory ...
of Australia.
History
The station was established on
Anmatyerre tribal land. The Chisholm family have owned Napperby Station "on and off" since 1948.
Non-exclusive
Native title was granted by the
Federal Court of Australia
The Federal Court of Australia is an Australian superior court of record which has jurisdiction to deal with most civil disputes governed by federal law (with the exception of family law matters), along with some summary (less serious) and indic ...
to the Anmatyerr and
Arrernte people
The Arrernte () people, sometimes referred to as the Aranda, Arunta or Arrarnta, are a group of Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the Arrernte lands, at ''Mparntwe'' (Alice Springs) and surrounding areas of the Central Australia regi ...
over Napperby Station in 2013 by consent. Both claims were first filed in 2005 after mining leases were granted in the area. The
Central Land Council submitted new applications for native title rights over the whole pastoral lease in 2011. The court sat at the small local community of
Laramba
Laramba is a small town in the Northern Territory of Australia, around west of Alice Springs (2.5 hours by road). Access to the community is via the Napperby Station road.
In the 2016 Australian census, Laramba's population numbered 239. It l ...
.
Current use
the station was managed by Roy and Janet Chisholm. They run
Santa Gertrudis cattle
The Santa Gertrudis is an American list of cattle breeds, breed of beef cattle. It is a taurine-indicine hybrid breed, descended from both zebu and European cattle. It was bred in the early twentieth century in Texas, and received official recog ...
on the property.
Notable people
*Artist
Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was born at Napperby in 1932.
*Artist
Billy Stockman Tjapaltjarri was raised on the station.
See also
*
List of ranches and stations
References
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Pastoral leases in the Northern Territory