Coordinates: 28°33′40″S119°01′01″E / 28.561°S 119.017°E
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Yuinmery Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station and currently operates as a cattle station. It is located about 69 kilometres (43 mi) south west of Sandstone and 127 kilometres (79 mi) south east of Mount Magnet in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The western boundary of the station adjoins Youanmi Downs and the southern boundary adjoins vacant crown land and Cashmere Downs Station. [1]
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.
In Australia, a cattle station is a large farm, whose main activity is the rearing of cattle; the owner of a cattle station is called a grazier. The largest cattle station in the world is Anna Creek Station in South Australia, Australia.
Sandstone is a small town in the Mid West region of Western Australia 157 kilometres east of Mount Magnet and 661 kilometres north of the state capital, Perth. At the 2011 census, Sandstone and the surrounding Shire of Sandstone had a population of 105 people in 28 families.
Yuinmery was taken up in 1917 by William Gerald Lefroy, who moved from Carramarra, Moora, and has remained in the Lefroy family ever since. [2] [3] Originally the station ran sheep, producing wool, however the increased incidence of wild dogs meant that the property was converted to cattle in the 21st century. [4] [5]
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, from hide and fur clothing from bison, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids; additionally, the Highland and the Mangalica breeds of cattle and swine, respectively, possess wooly coats. Wool consists of protein together with a few percent lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose.
The property occupies an area of 124,925 hectares (308,696 acres) and contains large areas of quality lake country for grazing. Yuinnmery has a near new four bedroom two bathroom homestead and separate cottage. The station has 35 watering points and a carrying capacity of 9,110 sheep or 1,300 head of cattle. When last advertised the property was stocked with 120 head of Shorthorn and Brahman heifers and was priced at A$720,000. [6]
A homestead is a dwelling, especially a farmhouse, and adjacent outbuildings, typically on a large agricultural holding such as a ranch or station.
The Shorthorn breed of cattle originated in the North East of England in the late 18th century. The breed was developed as dual-purpose, suitable for both dairy and beef production; however, certain blood lines within the breed always emphasised one quality or the other. Over time, these different lines diverged, and by the second half of the 20th century, two separate breeds had developed – the Beef Shorthorn, and the Milking Shorthorn. All Shorthorn cattle are coloured red, white, or roan, although roan cattle are preferred by some, and completely white animals are not common. However, one type of Shorthorn has been bred to be consistently white – the Whitebred Shorthorn, which was developed to cross with black Galloway cattle to produce a popular blue roan crossbreed, the Blue Grey.
A minute bat named Vespadelus baverstocki , a desert inhabiting insectivore, was first described using a specimen shot at this location. [7]
