Balline Station Explained

Balline Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Western Australia.

It is located approximately 40km (30miles) north-west of Northampton and 400NaN0 south of Kalbarri in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The property has coastal frontage and is found between Lynton Station and the mouth of the Murchison River. The shearing shed is largely built from spars and planks washed ashore at nearby Lucky Bay.[1]

John Thomas acquired the property some time prior to his death in 1895.[2] He was among the first squatters in the area.[3]

The property and surrounding area were shaken by an earthquake in 1909.[4] Later the same year, a bushman named Palmer was taken to Geraldton Hospital and placed in isolation with a suspected case of bubonic plague, from which he later died.[5] [6] Bushfires swept through the area in 1913, leaving little feed for stock.[7]

The 400000NaN0 property stocked with 3,000 sheep was put up for auction by C. H. Counsel[8] in 1924[9] and sold for £10,000.[10]

The Forrester family owned the property in 1930 when they built the heritage-listed residence, known as Stone House, in the town of Northampton.[11] They remained at Balline until at least 1943.[12] By 1945 the Hose brothers had acquired the property.[13]

In 2004 the lease was held by R.J. & H.M. Hose and Sons.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Handy to sea and beach . . LVI . 19,764 . Western Australia . 30 July 1938 . 26 February 2017 . 8 (Supplement to The Daily News) . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Thomas/Owens. 26 February 2017. PressReader. 12 December 2016.
  3. News: A Northampton Pioneer . . VIII . 1,326 . Western Australia . 24 March 1936 . 26 February 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Farm and Station. . XXIV . 1,218 . Western Australia . 1 May 1909 . 26 February 2017 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: Bubonic Plague. . . III . 350 . Western Australia . 11 May 1909 . 26 February 2017 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Death of Mr Chas Palmer . . XXXI . Western Australia . 7 June 1909 . 26 February 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Country . . XXIX . 3,392 . Western Australia . 25 February 1913 . 26 February 2017 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Northampton notes . . XVIII . 4452 . Western Australia . 2 July 1925 . 26 February 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: Advertising . . XVII . 4357 . Western Australia . 6 November 1924 . 26 February 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: Agents' reports . . 1405 . Western Australia . 14 December 1924 . 26 February 2017 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  11. Web site: Stone House. 26 February 2017. InHerit. Heritage Council of Western Australia.
  12. News: Wool Appraisement . . 39 . 65 . Western Australia . 26 March 1943 . 26 February 2017 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  13. News: District stock sales . . XVII . 2591 . Western Australia . 10 February 1945 . 26 February 2017 . 1 . National Library of Australia.
  14. Web site: Brand 0DA0. 26 February 2017. 19 October 2015. Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia.

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