Mallapunyah Explained

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Mallapunyah Springs Station, often referred to as Mallapunyah, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.

It is situated about 113km (70miles) south east of Borroloola and 730km (450miles) south east of Darwin. Mallapunyah Creek runs through the property.[1] Mallapunyah shares a boundary with Walhallow Station to the south, Kiana and McArthur River Stations to the east and the Mambalya Rrumburriya Wuyaliya Aboriginal Land Trust property to the north and west. Both the Tablelands Highway and the Borroloola Stock route bisect the property.[2]

The area was settled in the mid-1920s by the George and Elizabeth Darcy.[3] When they initially settled the property George worked away to earn money for the family while Elizabeth built the homestead and the furniture and taught the twelve children. Elizabeth went missing on the 40770NaN0 property in October 1944 while looking for stray donkeys. A search was mounted but she was never found.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family ties to the Gulf Country. October 2003. 4 April 2015. R.M. Williams Outback. RM Williams.
  2. Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Properties . 2003 . 4 April 2015 . . 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 .
  3. Web site: A Big Country – The Darcys of Mallapunyah. 1981. 4 April 2015. National Film and Sound Archive.
  4. Web site: Elizabeth Darcy. 8 April 2015. Northern Territory Library.