Eringa Station Explained

-26.285°N 134.726°WEringa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the outback of South Australia, once owned by Sir Sidney Kidman. Its land is gazetted as a locality called Eringa in 2013.

It is situated 79km (49miles) south of Aputula and 151km (94miles) east of Kulgera. The area is hilly and has a better average rainfall than much of the surrounding country. The rarely dry waterhole, the Eringa waterhole, was once situated within the boundaries of the station.[1]

History

Established at some time prior to 1879 it was owned by Arthur Treloar and J. J. Duncan, with Treloar managing the property.[2] By 1886 Eringa was stocked with 4,000 head of cattle and 150 horses.[3]

The 2096order=flipNaNorder=flip[4] property was acquired in 1899 by Sidney Kidman, in the same year he also acquired Austral Downs and Carcoory Stations.[5] Kidman named his home in Kapunda, which he acquired around 1900, after this property.[6]

In 1908 the property occupied an area of 1088sqmi.[7] The area had excellent rains in 1910 with over 4inches being recorded over a few days with creeks in the area all flooding.[8] In 1955 the 3500adj=onNaNadj=on station was being managed by Mr. W. L. Franklin and was running 5,000 head of cattle.[9]

The station buildings are now derelict and the leasehold is part of the 7700km2 Hamilton Station.[10]

The land occupying the extent of the Eringa Station pastoral lease was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Eringa".[11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: The Far North Country . . Adelaide . 2 July 1887 . 4 September 2014 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Scraps from the wilderness. . Clare, South Australia . 2 September 1879 . 4 September 2014 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: The Northern Territory . . Adelaide . 30 September 1886 . 4 September 2014 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: He ran away with 5 shillings and a one-eyed horse. . The News. Adelaide . 26 November 1953 . 5 September 2014 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  5. Web site: Sir Sidney Kidman. 2011. 4 September 2014. Flinders Range Research.
  6. Web site: Kapunda High School Website . Kapunda High School Website . 20 May 2022.
  7. News: Australia's Cattle King . . Adelaide . 27 March 1908 . 5 September 2014 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Pastoral Rains. . Adelaide . 14 March 1910 . 4 September 2014 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: Droving stock a woman's job. . . Perth . 13 February 1955 . 5 September 2014 . 51 . National Library of Australia.
  10. Web site: swimming, sort of, at the Eringa waterhole: where's all this water come from. 2013. 4 September 2014. Cycle Trails Australia.
  11. Web site: Search result for "Eringa (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067053) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)" . Property Location Browser . Government of South Australia . 2 June 2016 . 12 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ . dead .

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