Riveren Explained

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

Situated approximately 84km (52miles) north west of Lajamanu and 83km (52miles) south west of Daguragu in the Victoria River district, the property was originally part of Inverway Station, which was carved up into Inverway, Bunda and Riveren Stations. All of the holdings are situated in the headwaters of the Victoria River.[1] The property shares a boundary with Inverway to the east, Limbunya Station to the north, Birrindudu to the south and the Daguragu Aboriginal Land Trust to the east.[2]

The country is a mix of black soil plains covered with pastures of Mitchell grass, Queensland blue and silky brown top grasses. The red dirt country supports stands of spinifex.[3]

The station occupies an area of 3016km2,[4] and in 2012 was carrying a mixed herd of approximately 23,000 cattle.[5]

Mick and Georgia Underwood sold the property in a private sale along with Inverway Station in 2013 to the Indonesian company Japfa Santori for an estimated 35 million.[6] The decision came following live export ban on livestock by the Gillard government in 2011.[7] The station had been passed in at auction in 2012 for 19 million.[8]

Terry Underwood wrote about Riveren in her memoirs, In The Middle of Nowhere and Riveren: My home, Our country.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Northern Frontier. 17 August 2014. 28 December 2018. Landline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  2. Web site: Northern Territory Pastoral Properties. 2003. 5 April 2015. Northern Territory Government. 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. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: NT icons Inverway and Riveren go under hammer in July. 14 May 2012. 5 December 2014. Queensland Country Life. Fairfax Media. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141209040357/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/nt-icons-inverway-and-riveren-go-under-hammer-in-july/2551557.aspx. 9 December 2014. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: WA sandalwood company buys Territory station. Kristy O'Brien. 8 February 2014. 4 December 2014. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  5. Web site: Australia - Cattle stations passed in. 20 July 2012. 4 December 2014. Meat Trade News Daily. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208045213/http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/110712/australia___cattle_staions_passed_in_.aspx. 8 December 2014. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: CPC buys Bunda for close to $15m. Matthew Cranston. 1 December 2014. 4 December 2014. Farm Weekly. Fairfax Media.
  7. Web site: Live cattle: Northern Territory stations changing hands as fallout from 2011 export ban continues. Ginny Stein. 5 October 2014. 3 December 2014. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  8. Web site: Indonesian company buys NT properties. Carl Curtain. 3 October 2013. 4 December 2014. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

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