Palparara Station is a pastoral lease 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 the

outback The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a n ...

Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ...

. It is situated north west of

Windorah Windorah is a town and a locality in the Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. It is one of only three towns in the Shire of Barcoo in Central West Queensland. In the , Windorah had a population of 115 people. Geography Located downstream fr ...

and north east of

Birdsville Birdsville is a rural town and locality in the Shire of Diamantina, Queensland, Australia. In the the locality of Birdsville had a population of 110 people. It is a popular tourist destination with many people using it as a starting point acro ...

. Farrar's Creek flows through the property between the Barcoo and Thomson Rivers. It once adjoined Davenport Downs, Monkira, Morney Plains,

Currawilla Currawilla Station is a pastoral lease that currently operates as a cattle station in Queensland. It is located approximately west of Windorah and east of Birdsville in Queensland. The property adjoins Palparara and Narradunna Stations. It ...

and

Connemara Station History Karuwali (also known as Garuwali, Dieri) is a language of far western Queensland. The Karuwali language region includes the landscape within the local government boundaries of the Diamantina Shire Council, including the localities of ...

History

The property was established at some time prior to 1878 when it was put up for auction by the owners Messrs Caswell and Hughes. Palparara occupied approximately and was stcoked with 450 head of cattle and 15 horses. The area was extensively flooded in 1906 with much of Palparara, owned by Dalgety and Co., being under of water. In 1908 the property was owned 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. ...

and occupied an area of . Kidman sold the property in 1910 to

Edmund Jowett Edmund Jowett (6 January 1858 – 14 April 1936) was an Australian pastoralist and politician. He was born in England and arrived in Australia at the age of 18, eventually amassing vast pastoral holdings across Victoria, New South Wales, an ...

. By 1936, the property was being managed by Mr. Corrigan and was later put up for auction by the estate of Edmund Jowett. At this time it occupied an area of and was running a herd of approximately 5,000 head of cattle. The property attracted no bids. The property realised £11,500 including 3,500 head of cattle. It had been acquired by Kidman interests. In 1951, Palparara was part of the Devoncourt property that occupied an area of and was being run by William Plush. Properties in the area were having a good season even though the feed did not seem so abundant.

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{{Stations of Sidney Kidman Pastoral leases in Queensland Stations (Australian agriculture) Central West Queensland

History

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