Kooline

Kooline
Location in Western Australia

Coordinates: 22°54′47″S 116°17′20″E / 22.913°S 116.289°E / -22.913; 116.289 (Kooline)

Kooline Station, often referred to as Kooline, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station.

It is located about 140 kilometres (87 mi) south of Pannawonica and 200 kilometres (124 mi) south east of Onslow in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Kooline occupies an area of 2,043 square kilometres (789 sq mi) with the Ashburton River running through the property for a distance of about 90 kilometres (56 mi). The property shares boundaries with Ashburton Downs, Glenflorrie, Ullawarra, Wyloo and Amelia Stations as well as vacant crown land.[1]

In 1921 the property was owned by Mr Sanderson, Michael Corbett and his two brothers, who experienced a good season[2] followed by a drought that broke in early 1923.[3]

Cattle from Kooline Station were featured in a 2011 episode of the ABC's Four Corners program that exposed cruel and inhumane treatment of Australian cattle in Indonesian abattoirs, resulting in the suspension of live export of cattle to Indonesia. Station manager Peter Stammers was hounded by animal rights activists following the broadcast of the program and Kolline cattle being identified.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Station Reports" (PDF). Department of Agriculture. 1980. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Asburton". Northern Times (Carnarvon, Western Australia: National Library of Australia). 26 March 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rural Gossip". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 29 January 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Jayne Rickard (2 June 2011). "Cattle producer pins blame on abattoirs". The West Australian. Yahoo7. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
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