Noondoonia Station

Noondoonia Station
Location in Western Australia

Noondoonia station is a pastoral lease located north of Balladonia on the Eyre Highway in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is adjacent to Balladonia Station.

It was established in 1883 by John Cook.[1] Cook originally selected 90,000 acres (36,422 ha) of land which later acted as the home station. Additional plots were added and the property occupied 274,000 acres (111,000 ha) in 1933.[2]

The Cook family were long associated with the station,[3] originally focusing on cattle and later sheep.[4][2][5]

Life in the isolated station was not without hardships, and in particular wild dogs.[6][7][8]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Station Pioneer Tells His Story". The Daily News. LXV, (22,538). Western Australia. 5 July 1947. p. 15 (Late Sports). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 "Norseman and Beyond". Sunday Times (Perth) (1844). Western Australia. 28 May 1933. p. 9 (Second Section). Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "A Family Group at Noondoonia Homestead". Sunday Times (Perth) (1844). Western Australia. 28 May 1933. p. 9 (Second Section). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Norseman news". Kalgoorlie Miner. 55, (14,496). Western Australia. 2 September 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Later start in shearing". The West Australian. 66, (20,022). Western Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Dry conditions on station". The West Australian. 66, (19,983). Western Australia. 4 August 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Dingoes and wild dogs". Western Mail. XXXVIII, (1,949). Western Australia. 7 June 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Dog Trapped After Killing Orgy". The Daily News. LXVII, (23,049). Western Australia. 24 February 1949. p. 1 (Final). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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