Moorarie Station

Moorarie Station
Location in Western Australia

Coordinates: 25°55′16″S 117°36′00″E / 25.921°S 117.6°E Moorarie Station most commonly referred to as Moorarie is a pastoral lease currently operating as a sheep station in Western Australia.

The property is situated approximately 117 kilometres (73 mi) north west of Meekatharra and 300 kilometres (186 mi) south of Paraburdoo in the Mid West region. It is watered by the southern branch Murchison River and is bounded by Pindeerie Station, which in turn adjoins Nookawarra Station.[1]

The station was first established by the Butchers in 1876 along with Beringarra in 1877.[2]

The Murchison flooded out to a distance of 6 miles (10 km) from the river bank in 1884 and the main homestead was washed away with about 3,000 ewes and lambs.[3] At this time the property was owned by James William Hope and Henry George Mason who dissolved there partnership in November of the same year.[4]

In 1886 the property was owned by Messrs. Hope and Moore of Fremantle and occupied an area of 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha) of well watered country fed not only by the river but several clay pans and shallow bores. At the time a flock of 14,000 sheep, 250 cattle and 40 horses were supported by the country and a team of Aboriginal people too care of shepherding, shearing and hunting.[1]

William Kerr owned Moorarie in 1907[5] and died in 1936 leaving an estate valued for probate at £81,660.[6]

The property was isolated for a week in 1926 by flood waters. One shepherd spent five days stuck up a tree until being rescued y a passerby. At least 400 sheep were lost to floodwaters but workers managed to save another 400 by swimming them to higher ground over a period of two days.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Murchison.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 31 May 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  2. ↑ "Our Flocks and Herds.". Western Mail (Perth: National Library of Australia). 21 December 1917. p. 27. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Occasional Notes". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 13 May 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Advertising.". The Herald (Fremantle, Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 28 February 1885. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Commercial traveller drowned". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 26 March 1907. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Pastoralist's bequests". The Sydney Morning Herald (New South Wales: National Library of Australia). 28 August 1936. p. 10. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Thrilling Flood Experiences.". Geraldton Guardian (Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 23 March 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 7 October 2013.