Dagworth Station

Coordinates: 21°52′0″S 142°09′0″E / 21.86667°S 142.15000°E / -21.86667; 142.15000

Troopers at Dagworth Station during the shearer's strike in 1894

Dagworth Station is a cattle station located north-west of Winton in central west Queensland in Australia.[1] It was established in 1876 by Messrs Hunter and Urquhart who were living in a grass hut on the property in 1878 when they were still building up the run.[2] One of the adjoining properties in 1887 was Elderslie Station, which at the time was owned by Sir Samuel Wilson.[3]

In 1894 the station's shearing shed was burned down along with seven others in the district as part of a protest by shearers over wages. The Macpherson family owned the station in the 1890s and early 1900s. Samuel Hoffmeister, who was implicated in these events was later found dead at a nearby billabong. The following year Banjo Paterson visited the station and wrote the lyrics to Waltzing Matilda, said to be inspired by these incidents.[4] The music for the song was arranged by Christina Macpherson, the daughter of the owner of Dagworth and sister of the manager of the property Robert Machpherson.[5]

The station is currently owned by the North Australian Pastoral Company[6] which acquired it in 1995.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Dagworth". Place Names Search. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  2. ↑ "The Black at Dagworth Station, Queensland". Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Victoria: National Library of Australia). 23 January 1878. p. 10. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. ↑ "Advertising.". Australian Town and Country Journal (New South Wales: National Library of Australia). 17 December 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  5. ↑ Ponnamperuma, Senani. "Christina Macpherson The Woman Who Inspired Waltzing Matilda".
  6. ↑ "Kyuna Station". North Australian Pastoral Company. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  7. ↑ "NAPCo - Our History". North Australian Pastoral Company. 2012. Retrieved 24 March 2013.

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