Edjudina

Edjudina
Location in Western Australia

Coordinates: 29°48′50″S 122°21′14″E / 29.814°S 122.354°E / -29.814; 122.354 (Edjudina)

Edjudina Station is a pastoral lease within the Edjudina Land District of Western Australia, that operates as a sheep station. The station is approximately 130 kilometres (80 mi) to the south of Laverton and 240 kilometres (150 mi) north east of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The leasehold shares a boundary with Yundamindera Station.[1]

The traditional owners of the area are the Wongatha and Maduwongga peoples.[2]

The lease was established in 1892 by Watt Newland. It was one of the first pastoral leases in the goldfields; the property was stocked with sheep.[2] Newland sold Edjudina in 1921, at which time it occupied an area of 700,000 acres (283,280 ha). It was acquired by the Wilkie brothers at a highly satisfactory price.[3] The Wilkies later sold to James Withnell for £21,000. The property was then acquired by the famed sheep breeder, Edward Hawker, in 1925. Hawker paid £49,000, a record price in the east Murchison.[4] The property was stocked with 7,000 sheep and 1,200 cattle at the time.[5]

By 1934 the station was stocked with about 25,000 sheep and was still owned by E. W. Hawker and sons.[1] In 1948 the station was stocked with 12,500 sheep.[6]

The owner in 1952 was J. Maund, the property had an area of about 800,000 acres (320,000 ha) and was stocked with a flock of about 16,000 sheep.[7]

In 2012 the property received 75 millimetres (3 in) of rain in 24 hours, its highest rainfall in 11 years, when the remnants of Cyclone Lua passed over the area.[8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "From gold to sheep". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 1 June 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Hocking Planning (1 June 2008). "Former Pinjin Townsite – European Heritage Survey". AngloGold Ashanti. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Advertising.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 1 August 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Edjudina and Pingin". Sunday Times (Perth: National Library of Australia). 26 April 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  5. ↑ "Rural Interests". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 12 May 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Items of news". Kalgoorlie Miner (Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 30 April 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  7. ↑ "Edjudina To Shear Over 15,000 Sheep.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 1 March 1952. p. 7. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  8. ↑ Brett Dutschke (19 March 2012). "Old Lua soaks southern WA". Fairfax Media. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
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