Manners Creek Station Explained

-22.1103°N 137.9808°W

Manners Creek Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.

It is situated about 125km (78miles) south of Alpurrurulam and 256km (159miles) north east of Alice Springs. The property shares a boundary with Lucy Creek and Tarlton Downs to the west, Argadargada and Lake Nash Station to the north, Marqua and Tobermorey to the south and the border with Queensland to the east.[1] Manners Creek, from which the station takes its name, flows through the property at the north eastern end. The Plenty Highway almost bisects the property from west to east.[1]

The lease is just under 8090km2.[2]

The owner in 2000 was Laurie Facer, who put it up for auction along with 8,000 head of Brahman cross cattle. It was passed in at 5.1 million to Nick Isak.[3] In 2011 the area was plagued by the largest bushfires that had been seen there since the 1970s; some 200000acres of neighbouring Marqua Station was burnt out.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Properties . 2003 . 21 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 .
  2. Web site: Location: QLD/ NT Border. 22 April 2015. 2015. Central Station.
  3. Web site: Julia Creek country makes $1.4. Helen Walker. 19 April 2000. 22 April 2015. Queensland Country Life. https://archive.today/20150422131054/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/julia-creek-country-makes-14/3577.aspx. 22 April 2015. dead.
  4. Web site: Bushfires still burning in Red Centre. 6 September 2011. 22 April 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.