Corunna Station

Corunna
Location in South Australia

Coordinates: 32°40′59″S 137°07′37″E / 32.683°S 137.127°E

Corunna Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in South Australia.

It is situated approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Iron Knob and 56 kilometres (35 mi) north west of Whyalla on the Eyre Peninsula. Corunna takes its name from Caroona Hill that was an important point for explorers as it was one of the few places with surface water between Port Augusta and Uno. The name for the hill and station are taken from the Indigenous Australian word for Heron or Crane.[1]

The property occupies an area of 576 square kilometres (222 sq mi),[2] and is dissected by the Eyre Highway.[3]

The lease for Corunna was first taken up in 1861 for pastoral purposes.[4] In 1863 the property was put up for auction, at the tine it occupied an area of 122 square miles (316 km2) and was stocked with 6,080 sheep.[5] Messrs Scott and Nickolls owned the property in 1867.[6] In 1888 a prospector named William Jones applied for a mining lease south of Corunna, which was granted in 1890.[4]

The French family acquired the property in 1977. In 2005 the family took the federal government to court after the they tried to evict the family from the property. The Government wanted to take the property and give it to the Bungala Aboriginal group as compensation for the government took land from them for the Cultana defence training area.[2] The family spent A$100,000 fighting the acquisition and won in 2013 only to have the government appeal in the high court.

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References

  1. ↑ "Place Names of South Australia - C". Government of South Australia. 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cameron England (29 July 2013). "French family faces eviction from Corunna Station farm, despite judge's ruling". The Advertiser. News Limited. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Cameron England (27 March 2013). "Federal Court blocks compulsory acquisition of French family's Corunna Station". The Advertiser. News Limited. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "History of Iron Knob". Iron Knob Progress Association. 2009. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Advertising.". The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, South Australia: National Library of Australia). 11 September 1863. p. 4. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Port Augusta". South Australian Register (Adelaide, South Australia: National Library of Australia). 31 May 1867. p. 3. Retrieved 30 July 2014.