Tobermorey
22°16′26″S 137°58′26″E / 22.274°S 137.974°E
Tobermorey Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory. Tobermorey is on the western edge of Punthamara territory
Location
[edit]The property is situated approximately 143 kilometres (89 mi) east of Alpurrurulam in the Northern Territory and 233 kilometres (145 mi) west of Mount Isa in Queensland. The property is bounded to the north by Manners Creek Station, to the west by Marqua Station, to the west and south by Atnetye Aboriginal Land Trust and to the east by the Queensland border. Several watercourses flow through the property including Field River, Manners Creek and Marqua Creek.[1] The Plenty Highway passes through the northern end of the station near to the homestead.
Description
[edit]Capable of carrying approximately 15,000 head[2] of cattle, Tobermorey occupies an area of 5,994 square kilometres (2,314 sq mi);[3] it is approximately 180 kilometres (112 mi) in length and 40 kilometres (25 mi) wide.[4] The southern portion of Tobermorey is red soil with areas of sandhills, lightly timbered and supporting areas of buffel grass around the watercourses. The northern section is open plain country timbered with Mulga and gidyea and covered with Mitchell grass and other herbage.[2]
Facilities
[edit]The Tobermorey Station Roadhouse & Caravan Park is a unique tourist facility located adjacent to the property buildings. The Roadhouse sells both unleaded and diesel petroleum and has a store stocked with a small variety of small goods, food & snacks, souvenirs, tyre repairs. The caravan park provides unpowered campsites, cabin and room accommodation, camp kitchen, playground and a licensed bar for motorists heading west along Plenty Highway towards the Stuart Highway, and those heading east into Queensland via the Donohue Highway. The Roadhouse and Caravan Park close for the summer wet season annually from December through to March [5]
History
[edit]Cattle belonging to Robert Anderson have been grazing on the lands since 1910. Anderson, who was previously a shopkeeper at Urandangie, moved to the area in 1913 to establish Tobermorey.[6]
Severe bushfires hit the area in 1952[7] and by 1954 the property was in the grip of drought, with the Andersons preparing to ship their breeding stock from the property.[8] The Anderson family sold the property in the 1980s.[4]
In 2009 the property was owned by Sterling Buntine, who had placed it up for auction; it was passed in at A$11 million.[9] By 2011 Tobermorey had been sold along with Linda Downs for A$17.5 million.[10] The current owners of the property are John and Margaret Speed.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Northern Territory Pastoral Properties" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Tobermorey Station". Ray White. 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Australia – Massive UK farm investment". Meat Trade News. 8 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
- ^ a b c "Welcome to Tobermorey Station Roadhouse & Caravan Park". 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ http://www.tobermoreystation.com.au
- ^ "Pastoral Notes". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 25 February 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Fout of us are quitting". Queensland Country Life. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Four Stations in N.T. Drought belt". Queensland Country Life. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 25 November 1954. p. 23. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ "Buntine's Tobermorey passed in at $11m". Queensland Country Life. Fairfax Media. 29 September 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Jon Condon (24 May 2011). "Macquarie buys Buntine assets". Retrieved 8 June 2014.