Wallal is the location of a
bore
Bore or Bores often refer to:
*Boredom
* Drill
Relating to holes
* Boring (manufacturing), a machining process that enlarges a hole
** Bore (engine), the diameter of a cylinder in a piston engine or a steam locomotive
** Bore (wind instruments), ...
in the
Kimberley
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to:
Places and historical events
Australia
* Kimberley (Western Australia)
** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley
* Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania
* Kimberley, Tasmania a small town
* County of Kimberley, a ...
region of
Western Australia.
The bore is located from the
Great Northern Highway between
Port Hedland and
Broome and has an elevation of . The nearest town is
Marble Bar, south of the bore.
The bore falls within the boundaries of Wallal Downs
Station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
, a historical
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 in the area. The station also has a caravan park situated in close proximity to the bore and
Eighty Mile Beach. An
airstrip suitable for light planes is also located nearby.
The station is the most southerly cattle station in the Kimberley. With a size of approximately , the Wallal Downs property stretches from the coastal flats into the
Great Sandy Desert
The Great Sandy Desert is an interim Australian bioregion,[IBRA Version 6.1](_blank)
data . Cattle reared in the area are mostly sent to market in
Port Hedland or
Broome and are occasionally sent to
Darwin
Darwin may refer to:
Common meanings
* Charles Darwin (1809–1882), English naturalist and writer, best known as the originator of the theory of biological evolution by natural selection
* Darwin, Northern Territory, a territorial capital city i ...
after being fattened up in the
Northern Territory in lean seasons. The property is family owned and run along with
Warrawagine Station. Wallal was stocked with 8,000 head of
Brahman in 2015.
Wallal is also of historical interest as the location of an international effort to observe the
solar eclipse on 21 September 1922, to validate Einstein's
theory of relativity.
[Barker G. Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Proven in Australia, 1922. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences. August 22, 2012. https://maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2012/08/22/einsteins-theory-of-relativity-proven-in-australia-1922/ Accessed August 16, 2018]
See also
*
List of ranches and stations
References
Kimberley (Western Australia)
Pastoral leases in Western Australia
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