Calvert Hills Station Explained

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Calvert Hills Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It occupies an area of about 4814km2.

It is situated about 169km (105miles) south of Borroloola and 404km (251miles) east of Elliott. Other pastoral leases surround the property including Wollogorang Station to the east, Pungalina-Seven Emu Sanctuary and the Garawa Aboriginal Land Trust to the north, Kiana to the west, Cresswell Downs to the south west and Benmarra and the Wanyi-Garawa Aboriginal Land Trust to the south.[1]

In 1949 the property changed ownership when Camp and MacIntosh acquired it from the estate of J. Clarke.[2]

Alex Chapple, an American, acquired the property prior to 1996. He employed Paul Edmonds as manager who convinced him to hold onto the station. The property was mostly under developed at this stage and had also been destocked to eradicate brucellosis and tuberculosis.[3]

The station was listed in 2013 along with at least 15 others following the live export ban to Indonesia.[4] It sold later in the same year to the McMillan Pastoral Company when it was stocked with 15,000 head of cattle for 15 million.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Properties. 2003. 25 April 2015. Northern Territory Government. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150409202959/http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf. 9 April 2015.
  2. News: 27 May 1949 . N.T. Properties change hands . 3 . . Townsville, Queensland . 26 April 2015 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: NT property on the move as Calvert Hills sells. Carl Curtain. 10 July 2013. 26 April 2014. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  4. Web site: NT Kimberley Property -15 pastoral holdings for sale. James Nason. Beef Central. 28 March 2014. 25 April 2015. Nascon Media Pty Ltd.
  5. Web site: Matthew Cranston . 9 July 2013 . Calvert Hills sells, market settles . subscription . 26 April 2015 . North Queensland Register . Fairfax Media.
  6. News: Curtain . Carl . 8 July 2013 . Calvert Hills sells . en-AU . ABC News . 30 April 2023.