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Moorarie Station
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Coordinates: 25°55′20″S117°36′00″E / 25.9221°S 117.6001°E / -25.9221; 117.6001 (Moorarie) Moorarie Station is a pastoral lease currently operating as a sheep station in the Murchison district of Western Australia's Mid West region.

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A pastoral lease is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where Crown land is leased by government generally for the purpose of grazing on rangelands.

Sheep station type of ranch in Australia or New Zealand

A sheep station is a large property in Australia or New Zealand whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or south-west of the country. In New Zealand the Merinos are usually in the high country of the South Island. These properties may be thousands of square kilometres in size and run low stocking rates to be able to sustainably provide enough feed and water for the stock.

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The property is situated approximately 117 kilometres (73 mi) northwest of Meekatharra and 400 kilometres (249 mi) east of Carnarvon. It is watered by the southern branch of the Murchison River, the Hope River and the Yalgar River. [1]

Meekatharra, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

Meekatharra is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Meekatharra is a Yamatji word meaning 'place of little water'. At the 2016 census, Meekatharra had a population of 708, with 34.0% being of Aboriginal descent.

Carnarvon, Western Australia Town in Western Australia

Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres (560 mi) north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef and the popular tourist town of Exmouth lie to the north. Within Carnarvon is the Mungullah Aboriginal Community. Inland, Carnarvon has strong links with the town of Gascoyne Junction and the Burringurrah Community. At the 2016 census, Carnarvon had a population of 4,426.

Murchison River (Western Australia) river in Western Australia

The Murchison River is the second longest river in Western Australia. It flows for about 820 km (510 mi) from the southern edge of the Robinson Ranges to the Indian Ocean at Kalbarri. The Murchison-Yalgar-Hope river system is the longest river system in Western Australia. It has a mean annual flow of 208 gigalitres, although in 2006, the peak year on record since 1967, flow was 1,806 gigalitres.

History

Moorarie was established by Edward William Butcher in 1875. Two years later Butcher sold the station to Dr James William Hope and his future father-in-law John Henry Monger. Hope operated the station with a sequence of partners, initially Alexander Crawford, later William Dalgety Moore, until 1891. [2] [3] [4]

William Dalgety Moore Australian businessman

William Dalgety Moore was a businessman in Fremantle, Western Australia, and also a pastoralist and politician.

In 1886 the property occupied an area of 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha), watered by two major rivers, several clay pans and numerous shallow wells. At the time there were 14,000 sheep, 250 cattle and 40 horses, with Aboriginal labour for shepherding, shearing and mustering. [1]

Muster (livestock) process of gathering livestock; usually involve cattle, sheep or horses, but may also include goats, camels, buffalo or other animals

A muster (Au/NZ) or a roundup (US) is the process of gathering livestock. Musters usually involve cattle, sheep or horses, but may also include goats, camels, buffalo or other animals. Mustering may be conducted for a variety of reasons including routine livestock health checks and treatments, branding, shearing, lamb marking, sale, feeding and transport or droving to another location. Mustering is a long, difficult and sometimes dangerous job, especially on the vast Australian cattle stations of the Top End, 'The Falls' (gorge) country of the Great Dividing Range and the ranches of the western United States. The group of animals gathered in a muster is referred to as a "mob" in Australia and a "herd" in North America.

William Kerr owned Moorarie from at least 1907 and held it until his death in 1936. [5] [6]

Floods

In 1884 the Murchison flooded out to a distance of 6 miles (10 km) from the river bank and the main homestead was washed away with about 3,000 ewes and lambs. [7]

In April 1800 the Ord (Yalgar) River was twelve miles wide near Moorarie, and the Murchison River was six miles wide in places. [8]

In March 1926 the property was isolated for a week by floods. One shepherd spent five days stuck up a tree before being rescued by a passerby who swam his horse two miles to reach him. At least 400 sheep were lost to floodwaters but workers managed to save another 400 by swimming them to higher ground over a period of two days. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "The Murchison". The West Australian . Perth, WA. 31 May 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ↑ Fyfe, Christopher (1983). The bale fillers: Western Australian wool, 1826-1916. Crawley, WA: University of Western Australian Press. p. 150. ISBN   9780855642242.
  3. ↑ Memory, R. Scott (1967). A Town Grows: Carnarvon, Western Australia. Service Printing. p. 180.
  4. ↑ "Our Flocks and Herds". Western Mail . Perth. 21 December 1917. p. 27. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Commercial traveller drowned". The West Australian. Perth. WA. 26 March 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Pastoralist's bequests". The Sydney Morning Herald . New South Wales. 28 August 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Occasional Notes". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 13 May 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "Local and General". Murchison Advocate. Cue, WA. 14 April 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
  9. ↑ "Thrilling Flood Experiences". Geraldton Guardian . Western Australia. 23 March 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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