Rocklands 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 ...

that operates as a cattle station along the border of the

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and

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in the

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region. The station was established in 1864 by brothers James and George Sutherland. It is situated about north of Camooweal and north east of

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. The property shares a boundary with Adder and

Avon Downs Station Avon Downs is a pastoral station on the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located 260 kilometres northwest of Mount Isa. Early history Indigenous people have lived in the Barkly region for thousands of years. The ...

to the west, Alexandria Station to the north and

Austral Downs Austral Downs Station most commonly known as Austral Downs is a cattle station on the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is situated approximately west of Camooweal and north west of Mount Isa. Description The Sta ...

to the south. The Herbert River flows through the middle of the property. The Barkly Highway runs through the southern end of the property. Rockland The property was acquired by the Paraway Pastoral Company from the Western Grazing Company in 2016 along with

Tanbar Station Tanbar Station is a pastoral lease that currently operates as a cattle station in Tanbar, Shire of Barcoo, Queensland, Australia. It is located approximately south west of Windorah and north east of Innamincka in the Channel Country of Q ...

for 130 million. The property was stocked with 35,000 head of

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, Brahman cross Santa, Charbray and Senegus cattle. Western Grazing acquired Rocklands, from the

Stanbroke Pastoral Company Stanbroke Pastoral Company was a company once owned by AMP Limited that was once one of the largest land owners in Australia. Established in about 1964, by 2003 the company owned 27 cattle stations in Queensland and the Northern Territory controll ...

, in 2004 at the same time Tanbar. Rocklands Station records are held in the State Library of Queensland

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Tommy Saville interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project, 15 July 2001
National Library of Australia. Oral history Tommy Saville, who worked at Rocklands Station as a stockman Stations (Australian agriculture) Pastoral leases in the Northern Territory Pastoral leases in Queensland

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