| Type: | other |
| Bulloo Downs Station | |
| State: | qld |
| Lga: | Bulloo Shire |
| Postcode: | 4492 |
| Est: | 1894 |
| Stategov: | Warrego |
| Fedgov: | Maranoa |
| Dist1: | 125 |
| Location1: | Thargomindah |
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]
It is situated about 136km (85miles) north east east of Tibooburra and 151km (94miles) 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 10700km2 and in 2010 was owned by the Gibson family.[4] Mick and Marie Gibson acquired Bulloo Downs in 2004 paying 20 million for the property following the breakup of the Stanbroke Pastoral Company by Peter Menegazzo.[5]
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 3800sqmi and was part of Kidman's expansive empire.[8]