Kalli Station (pastoral lease)

Kalli Station is a pastoral lease in of Western Australia.

The property covers an area of 85,322 hectares (210,835 acres) and has traditionally farmed sheep for the production of wool. The station is located in the Shire of Murchison in the Mid West region of Western Australia and the nearest town is Cue. The soil has a low level of erosion with 91% of the land being described as nil or minor. The perenniel vegetation condition is poor with 47% of vegetation cover being described as poor or very poor.[1]

In 1989, an inspector from the Department of Agriculture stumbled across a large cannabis crop at Kalli Station. Following a police investigation, Operation Cerberus, another crop was found at Gingin and another was planned to be planted at Mount Elvire by the L'Onorata Syndicate.[2] As a result, ten men were arrested including Rocco Versace and Sebastino Pizzata, who were the ringleaders. The head of the operation Bruno "The Fox" Romeo was arrested years later.

The CSIRO regional land classification system uses the name taken from the station to describe plains of red sand over laterite.[3]

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