Prairie Downs Station, often referred to as Prairie Downs, 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 ...
.
It is located about south west of
Newman and south east of
Paraburdoo in the
Mid West
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
region of
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 ...
.
Prairie Downs occupies an area of and shares boundaries with
Turee Creek Station
Turee Creek Station, often referred to as Turee Creek and also known as Turee Station, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station.
It is located about south east of Paraburdoo and south west of Newman in the Pilbara region of W ...
,
Bulloo Downs, Sylvania and Ethel Creek Stations as well as vacant
crown land
Crown land (sometimes spelled crownland), also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. ...
.
The property was owned by Albert Leake in 1932. Leake still owned the property when he died in 1947 at 82 years of age. The Department of Lands advertised the property in 1948 as being available for leasing.
An estimated 20,000
feral
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donkeys were roaming on Prairie Downs and neighbouring Bulloo Downs Stations in 1957.
In 1979 the property was running 877 cattle but is capable of carrying 2,590 cattle during a good season.
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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 Mid West Western Australia
Stations in the Mid West (Western Australia)