Korong Station was a pastoral lease that operated as a sheep station in Western Australia.
It is situated approximately 39km (24miles) west of Laverton and 72km (45miles) east of Leonora in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The property adjoins Mount Crawford Station.
Gold was being mined at leases named Korong on the Mount Margaret goldfields in 1898.[1]
The station was established at some time prior to 1914 and was breeding sheep at this time but not heavily stocked as a result of insufficient rain.[2] In 1926 the property was supporting a flock of 5,000 sheep.[3]
The homestead burnt to the ground in 1928 following a fire that started in the kitchen. The stations manager's wife, Mrs Williams, was the only one home when the fire started.[4] The station manager, Mr Williams, was a shareholder in the pastoral company that owned Korong. The property was running about 7,000 sheep at this time, despite it being a dry year.[5]
By 1935 the property was running a flock of 12,000 sheep and shearing produced 250 bales of wool.[6]
Koorong, along with neighbouring Mount Crawford, was owned by Hugo Green in 1947; Green had acquired the property from the Mount Crawford Pastoral Company.[7] In 1948 both properties had a combined flock of 12,000 sheep.[8]