Epenarra Station Explained

Pine Hill Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station on the lower Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Location

It is located along the Frew River about 550km (340miles) north of Alice Springs and about east off the Stuart Highway.

History

In 2019, the property was acquired by David and Suzanne Bassingthwaighte from Queensland from Filipino banker and property developer Romeo Roxas, who sold Pine Hill Station at around the same time. The property was stocked with approximately 7,400 head of droughtmaster-cross cattle and had been listed at 16 million. The property is divided into eight paddocks with five sets of outstation yards; it also has thirteen bores along with of river frontage and seasonal lagoons.[1]

The Wutungurra community was established on of land excised from the lease in the early 1980s when the property was owned by the Clough family, who had held the lease since 1952.[2]

The Aboriginal Alyawarre peoples are the traditional owners of the area, having inhabited the area for tens of thousands of years. Europeans arrived in the area in the 1890s using the plains beside the river for cattle grazing.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bassingthwaightes buy NT's Epenarra Station. Mark Phelps. 10 June 2019. 3 April 2020. Queensland Country Life. Australian Community Media.
  2. Web site: Communities. 3 April 2020. Barkly Regional Council.
  3. Web site: Davenport Ranges - Northern Territory. 3 April 2020. Australian Geographic.