Marqua Station Explained

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

It is situated about 200km (100miles) south of Alpurrurulam and 360km (220miles) north east of Alice Springs. The property shares a boundary with Tarlton Downs to the west, Manners Creek Station to the north, Tobermorey to the east and the Atnetye Aboriginal Land Trust to the south.[1] Marqua Creek, from which the station takes its name, flows through the property at the south eastern end. The property is very close to the Plenty Highway, which almost intersects the north west corner.[1]

In June 2011 the property was sold for 7.22 million on a walk-in walk-out basis.[2] The property had been acquired by John and Mary Atkins, who also own Spion Kop Station near Taroom in Queensland, who were breeding cattle at Marqua then trucking them to Spion Kop.[3]

In September of the same year the area was plagued by the largest bushfires that had been seen there since the 1970s; some 200000acres of Marqua Station was burnt out.[4]

After a prolonged dry period the property received of rain over four days in January 2020. The owner, Blair Power, reported roads and fencing being damaged but the country was responding well to the rains.[5]

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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: Erldunda sale breathes new life into NT property market. James Nason. 26 October 2011. 12 April 2020. Beef Central. Nascon Media Pty Ltd.
  3. Web site: Focus on breeding and handling underpins MSA gains. 7 December 2017. 12 April 2020. Meat and Livestock Australia Limited.
  4. Web site: Bushfires still burning in Red Centre. 6 September 2011. 22 April 2015. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. Web site: Central Australian cattle stations repair roads and fences after rains. 5 January 2020. 12 April 2020. Daniel Fitzgerald. WillyWeather.