Tanbar

Tanbar
Location in Queensland

Coordinates: 25°50′27″S 141°55′04″E / 25.84073°S 141.91783°E

Tanbar Station, November, 1939

Tanbar Station is a pastoral lease that currently operates as a cattle station in Queensland.

It is located approximately 87 kilometres (54 mi) south west of Windorah and 240 kilometres (149 mi) north east of Innamincka in the Channel Country of Queensland. The Cooper Creek runs through the property.[1]

Established at some time prior to 1884 by John Costello he sold it to Armitage and Gillately shortly after taking it up.[2] In 1886 the property was having a good season with 6 inches (150 mm) of rain recorded in less than a month and all the waterholes were full[3] John Henderson was running Tanbar in 1888.[4] Mr B. Richardson acquired both Tanbar and Abbottsford Station, which is also on Cooper Creek, in 1903.[5] By 1907 the Christian brothers owned Tanbar.[6]

The property was sold in 1911 when it was stocked with 10,000 cattle by the Christian brothers[7] to the Rocklands Pastoral Company for £30,000.[8]

By 1931 the station encompassed an area of 3,000 square miles (7,770 km2) and was managed by Robert John Kyle Little but the property was still owned by Rocklands. One neighbouring property at the time was Keeroongooloo Station.[9]

Isolated by flood-waters for over a month in 1949, aeroplanes had to conduct fod drops to Tanbar and surrounding areas[10]

In 2002 Tanbar was having a poor season and was stocked with 5,000 head of cattle, down from the 24,000 head it was able to carry.[11]

Western Grazing acquired Tanbar, from the Stanbroke Pastoral Company, in 2004 at the same time as nearby Rocklands Station.[12]

Currently still owned by the Western Grazing Company the property occupies an area of 8,300 square kilometres (3,205 sq mi) and is managed by Dustin and Luisa Tuite.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Properties". Western Grazing. 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Pioneer and Explorer.". The Sydney Stock and Station Journal (National Library of Australia). 9 March 1923. p. 5. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "The Weather". The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Queensland: National Library of Australia). 9 January 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Miscellaneous Items". The Queenslander (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 28 April 1888. p. 660. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Queensland". The Brisbane Courier (Queensland: National Library of Australia). 14 February 1903. p. 11. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Windorah". The Capricornian (Rockhampton, Queensland: National Library of Australia). 2 November 1907. p. 42. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Pastoral". The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Queensland: National Library of Australia). 1 March 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Stations near Charleville". The Chronicle (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 9 September 1911. p. 10. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Windorah Grazier Fined.". The Charleville Times (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 11 December 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Planes to aid flooded areas". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 24 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Pastoral Companies swell Roma store numbers". Queensland Country Life. 26 September 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Company Profile". Western Grazing. 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2014.