Bulloo Downs Station

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Bulloo Downs Station
Queensland
Established1894
Postcode(s) 4492
Location125 km (78 mi) from Thargomindah
LGA(s) Bulloo Shire
State electorate(s) Warrego
Federal division(s) Maranoa
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Bulloo Downs Station, most commonly referred to as Bulloo Downs, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. [1] It is located on the traditional lands of the Bitjara. [2]

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It is situated about 136 kilometres (85 mi) north east east of Tibooburra and 151 kilometres (94 mi) west of Hungerford in the Channel Country of south west Queensland. The property encompasses a portion of the Bulloo River and its floodplains. The property adjoins Naryilco Station. [3]

The property occupies an area of 10,700 square kilometres (4,131 sq mi) and in 2010 was owned by the Gibson family. [4] Mick and Marie Gibson acquired Bulloo Downs in 2004 paying A$20 million for the property following the breakup of the Stanbroke Pastoral Company by Peter Menegazzo. [5]

History

In 1894 the property was owned by Messrs. Jones, Green and Sullivan and was carrying 43,000 head of cattle. The property was then struck by drought for a year, and the herd was reduced to 14,000 head. The cattle bred up to a herd of 18,000, then another even longer-lasting drought reduced the herd to 2,700 head in 1900. Sir Sidney Kidman acquired the property in 1903 [6] for £20,000 when it was stocked with only 3,000 head of cattle. [7] At this time the station occupied an area of 3,800 square miles (9,842 km2) and was part of Kidman's expansive empire. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bulloo Downs – homestead (entry 5142)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "Bitjara (Qld)". Tindale's Catalogue of Australian Aboriginal Tribes. South Australian Museum . Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Classified Advertising". The Queenslander . Brisbane, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 6 June 1885. p. 908. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Catherine Miller (4 February 2010). "Coorong to Queensland: 5000 steers set off on 1200km journey". Stock Journal. Fairfax Media . Retrieved 1 July 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ Michael Thomson; Kent Ward (27 May 2004). "Stanbroke break up continues". Queensland Country Life. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on 2 July 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Tibooburra news". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 June 1903. p. 8. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "With the cattle king". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 24 July 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "A Cattle King". Wagga Wagga Advertiser . New South Wales: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 2 July 2013.

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