Ellerston, New South Wales

Ellerston
New South Wales

Ellerston Pastoral station
Coordinates 31°48′54″S 151°19′4″E / 31.81500°S 151.31778°ECoordinates: 31°48′54″S 151°19′4″E / 31.81500°S 151.31778°E
Population unknown (2006)Note1
Postcode(s) 2337
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
  • 322 km (200 mi) N of Sydney
  • 68 km (42 mi) NE of Scone
LGA(s) Upper Hunter Shire[1]
Region Hunter[1]
County Durham[2]
Parish Mamaran[2]
State electorate(s) Upper Hunter[3]
Federal Division(s) Hunter[4]

Ellerston is a rural locality of the Upper Hunter Shire local government area, about 68 kilometres (42 mi) north-east of Scone in the Upper Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][5] It is about 322 km (200 mi) from Sydney, the state capital.

Ellerston Pastoral

Ellerston Pastoral station is a large property that was owned by media mogul, Kerry Packer and since his death is run by other members of the Packer family. The property's primary purpose is as a cattle and sheep station, running 11,000 Hereford cattle and 6,500 Merino wethers.[6]

The property also boasts some of Australia's best polo fields.[7] In 2004 its golf course was rated as the number 4 golf course in Australia. The course, which was designed by Greg Norman and Bob Harrison, is exclusive and only open to members and guests, so, on some weeks, only six people play golf there.[8] The property is like many of the properties that allegedly have low rent from the government. Allegedly the low rent as within the newspaper in 2003 shows that the farm was being provided the land at an extremely low rent.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not provide population data for Ellerston, only its postcode area, which includes several other suburbs.[10] The population of the postcode area, at the time of the 2006 Census, was 7,361.[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Upper Hunter Shire". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Ellerston". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  3. ↑ "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. 24 March 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  4. ↑ "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  5. ↑ "Ellerston". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  6. ↑ "Ellerston Pastoral Company - New South Wales Cattle Production". Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  7. ↑ "Kerry Packer". NSW Polo Association. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  8. ↑ "Ellerston Golf Club". AusGolf. Retrieved 2001-01-24.
    Neil Harvey (14 February 2004). "Packer's exclusive patch". The Age. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  9. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/29/1062050666737.html
  10. ↑ "Ellerston suburb profile @ domain.com.au". domain.com.au. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  11. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "2337 (Postal Area)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2009-01-24. Map