Salisbury Station is a

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that operates as a

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in the

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. It is located approximately north of White Cliffs and north east of

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. The country is composed of sand dunes interspersed with clay pans. Areas of mulga are found on the property as are open downs of cottonbush and

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with areas of Queensland blue and

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es. Stock can be watered by a large number of smaller

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creeks and Altiboulka Lake which receives floodwaters from the

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History

Established at some time prior to 1881, it was owned by Lockhart Morton, with 1,000 ewes being stolen from the property the same year. Morton put the property on the market later the same year, the along with adjoining blocks; ''Paroo Plains'' and ''Monolon Peak Downs'' which together had a total area of . The properties were stocked with 5,000 ewes and lambs, the homestead at Salisbury, kitchen, stores and some fencing. A bore was sunk along a

stock route A stock route, also known as travelling stock route (TSR), is an authorised thoroughfare for the walking of domestic livestock such as sheep or cattle from one location to another in Australia. The stock routes across the country are colloquially ...

on the station boundary with Yantara in 1895. The route was regarded as the driest in the country. The bore was the furthest to the west in the colony reached a depth of and produced of water per day for stock. The property occupied an area of over 1 million acres in 1901 and was managed by T. Welsh who had been at the property for 16 years, the owner of the property was William Taylor.

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acquired the property in 1914 along with nearby Bootra in 1915. Both stations were carrying sheep and cattle and were being managed from Bootra. By 1924 the area was being plagued by

dingo The dingo (''Canis familiaris'', ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or ''Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient (Basal (phylogenetics), basal) lineage of dog found in Australia (continent), Australia. Its taxonomic classification is de ...

s, Salisbury had been carrying flocks of up to 80,000 sheep but since the pest arrived numbers had dropped substantially. In 1936 the property occupied an area of when it was sold by the estate of

to Elsinore Limited.

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History

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