Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954), Thursday 31 January 1929, page 11, 12

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PASTORAL STATIONS.

The following arc the pastoral sta-

tions and holdings in the Banana shire.

Much of the information waa supplied

by the Shire Clerk, and. we .are indebted

to McsBra, J. Archer of Gracemere, andC. llousc at Charrel for jnuch of theearlier history of the scv/eral holdings:

BANANA : In 1878 the. Banana Sta-tion was divided into two. parts. Onewas included in the unsettled list and

was held by Mr. G. F. Want, The other,in the settled district was held byMessrs. Nott and Blair. In 1882 Bananawas held by Mr. F. W. Wright whose

family owned Bickham at B'anford near

Murrundi in New South Wales. Mr.M'right sold Banana to Messrs. Homer

an¿ Co., thc then owners of Moura. Mr.A. Wright of Nulalbin in the Duaringadistrict was a brother of the owner ofBanana. The latter sold out on account

of his failing health and went to Eng-land where he died. Previous to pur-chasing Banana, Mr. Wright owned Bio

Banana station ia at present Owned\byMr. E. Farmer, of Voewood. It bas a

pastoral lease of 60 6/8 square milesand a freehold area of 107« acres,

raiting occupies tho attention of thc

owner.

BAKFIELD STATION.-Freehold 320'

acres, rastoral Lease 47i square miles.

Occupation License 106 square milea.

Grazing Selections 35,501 acres. Ownedby E. T. Homer anj «on. Cattle Sta.

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tion also draught and Baddie horse J;bred.

BLIGHT!'.-Prickly Pear Lease W,square miles. Grazing Farm 7101 acres.:

Owned by 1). Heuitt. Cattle.i

BRACKLIN'.-Grazing Farm 33,500

acres. Agricultural Farm, 307 acres.

Owned by William Scott and Sons.Cattle.

BO IÏSS1DE.-Prickly Pear LenBe I*

square- miles. Selections 19,722 acres.

Owned by S. C. Becker. Cattle.

CALLIDE : Mr. John Mundie ownedthc Callide station in 1878. In 1882,

thc properly was in the hands of Mr.Will Bell, known throughout thc dis-

trict us" Cullide

" Bell. He was a mem-

ber of the Bell' family, a branch of

which owned Dumpree. On his deathMr. John Bell of Dumgree took over

Callide.

CALLIUNGAL": This is now incor

iporatcd with Rannes, and is held byMessrs. Wilsun and M'Dowall. Of 'ts

carly history Mr. Archer writes .

Prairie adjoined Calliungal on the[south. 7'he Managing Partner on Cal-liungal was E. G. Wood, and bis partner!

was,I think, named Robinson. In com-

mon with all thc other country men-

tioned, Calliungal was originally stocked

with sheep. Thc sheep after a time

did not do well, and it was thoughtthey might thrive better if turned loosein pnddocks. Heavy expense was in-1

curred in erecting sheep proof fencing,

but the experiment was a failure nndthe firm never recovered from the heavy)

liabilities incurred. Mr. Wood, after 41)

years, left the place, ruined. Mr. Wood,

I think, was a Hunter Uiver nativa.

He had travelled overfond from Sydneyin thc early days and used lo say that

the Calliungal and Prairie country was

the finest area of country for close set-

tlement between herc and Sydney. The

original Calliungal Leases included Mt.

Morgan, anj were bounded on thc north

by the original Gracemere Leases, which

then iheluded thc country of which

Westwood is now thc centre.

CAMBOON-In 1878 Comboon «as

held by Messrs. Bell nud Hyde, and

In 1882 the properly wa« still in their

hands. The former resided there in

thc capacity of manager, but after-

wards acquired Cochin Cochin in thc

llrisluinc Kiter district und went loi

live there. Mr. W. Trice then managedCamboon. Following him came Mr. K.

Rowbottom, and sonic time later Mr.

bell acquired Hyde's interest in Cam

hoon H nd 1 lie former's NOUS took over

the management and still retuin it. The

station lias a pastoral lease of 145

6C|Uare miles, a freehold area of :I20

acre* and a grazing farm of 10/.I0U

aeres,lt is held in the name off thc

Cochin Kslatcs Ltd.

CH A RV KU-Grazing Selections

aeres owned hy C. House.-Cattle.

CO'U.I Ml.- t'm-tnnil leas« l."i,'-'77

»errs. Prickly l'car lease 28 sq. miles,

owned hy C. A. Harnard nt Coomoo.1

boolaroo, Duaringa.-t attic.

LUUl'KK DOWNS.-Occupation Li-

cense 5 sq.mill's, I'rieklv Pear Leases,

14J sq. miles, Graiing Selections, etc.,

8871) acres, owned by W. L Nott.-I

Cattle.

A THEODORE STREET.

CRACOW STATION.-Leasehold 4SI

sq. miles. Grazing Homestead 215,0110

ueres, owned by U. K. Jeffrey.-Cattle

stution.

DARLING PLAINS.-Grazing Se-

lections, eic, 11,376 acres owned by P.

G. Noll.-Cattle.

DINGLEY DEUWUscd to be portion

of Tlirangcr before. that properly was

sold, 10.1108 acres. Grazing farm, own-

ed by Mrs. H. A. Oldfield.-Cattle.

»It UM li ERLE and KURP.AGONG.Freehold 200 acres, occupation Leases 77

sq. miles, owned bv S. A. Barrett.

Cattle.

DUMGREE-Freehold of 5558 acres,

occupation license 8 square miles, se-

lections and special leases 5971 acres.

Held by T. S. Bell ns a cattle run. Of

the carly ^history of this Mr. "Archer

writes: Dumgree lying to the cast of

the Prairie and including all the coun-

try between that station and thc

Dawes Range.wes, I believe, originally

taken up by members of thc Bell family,

whose descendants still own portions of

the country. Much of the country was

abandoned as a cattle run about 30

abandoned as a cattle run about 30

years ago, owing to the prevalence of

rickets in the herd caused by feeding

on the »arina palm.EVERGREEN-Freehold 18,456 acres,

prickly pear leases 18 Bq. miles. Gratingselections.' Agricultural farms, 4c.,

12,596 acres owned by Ai G. Laurie

FOREST HILLS-60,065 acres, graüi;g selections-Mr. C. Cannan-cattle.

GLANDORE-Graz'mg farm 20,0001

acres, owned bv Mrs. E. Palmes-cattle.

GLENMORAL STATION-Pastorallease, 65 sq. miles, owied. by Mrs.. JA. de

Winton-cattle.

GREYCLIFrE-Pastoral Icasf SSj

sq. miles, grazing farms, &c, ï 1,055

nereB, owned by Greycliffe Estatescattle.

GYRANDA- Pastoral lease, 63 sq.

miles, grazing farm 11,400 acres, owned

by TV Joyce-cattle.

HAINAULT.-Grazing Farm 20,000

acres owned by Hamilton Brotherscattle.

HARCOURT.-Tliis property is lieW

by the executors of the Inter Duncan

by the executors of the Inter Duncan

Urquhart. The Urquhart family

hare, owned Harcourt for al-

most 50 years. Mr. Urquhart,the originel owner long since" dead,

came from the Highlands of Scotland and

worked for some ¿cari ,uèa s'iipherd

for '.he Bells of DÜmgise in tho Glad-

stone district. Ho «nd hu son pur

AN' IRRIGATION CANAL,THEODORE.

chased Harcourt and, four generations

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of this line old Highland family have

in turu owned the property. The

station comprises a pastoral lease of

77 7/8 6quare miles, occupation licenses

covering 13 7/8 square miles and se-

lections comprising 14,80» acres. Mr.

W, l\ Walton owned the station in

1876.'

INVERNESS.-Occupation I/iccnacs

37Î sq. wiles.-Selection 2102 acres own-

ed by W. B. Campbell-cattle.

KIANGA.-One portion of Kianga in

KIANGA.-One portion of Kiangathe unsettled area in 1878 was held hy

tho A.J.S. Bank. The portion in the

settled area was held by Mr. A. C.

Barton. In 1882 Kianga waa owned

by Mrs. M'Nab, whos* family were

among the oldest settlers in the district.

Mr. M'Nab was filled, by blacks and

after his death Mrs. M'Nab curried on

herself. She appears lo have been aI

most intrepid woman and it is rclotcd

of her that when the blacks wcro dan-

gerous and shepherds unobtainable elie

would look after the sheep herself arm-

ed with a revolver. Mr. W. Scott was

overseer for Mrs. M'Nab. Some years

later he purchased Glenmoral where his

family still reside. He was superseded

at Kianga by Mr. John Southcrland, who

afterwards became part-owner and even-

tually owner of the station when Mrs.

M'Nab died. On Mr. Soutlwrland's

death thc Kianga holding UH« divided,

the Kianga portion being sold to Mr.

Norman Farmer, the present owner. Thc

Uncle Toni portion was retained by the

Southerland family where they still re-

side. Kianga has a freehold of 3005

acres, selections amounting to 8738 acres

and a pastoral lease covering 4ÍJ square'

miles.I

KIA-ORA-Prickly Pear Lease, 14 sq

miles. Grazing l'ami. G703 acres. Owned

by \V. Young. Cattle.

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EQJfAN RUTTER TACVOZX,

. KILBURNIE-Occupation License, 4B»sq. miles. Selections 6391 acres. Owned

by J. Campbell. Cattle.

KOOINGAL-Mr. Archer writes i A«

that lime, 1B85, Mr. Andersop was lesa«»

of Kooingal. Previous to that the sato

John Bell of Dumgree had owned it as -

a sheep run and also the adjoining

country on the west «ide of thc Leich-

hardt Ranges, known as Barfield sta«

tion. The Kooingal country was first

taken up by my late uncle, Colin ?

Archer, in, I think, 1834. Ile formed,

one of the party which travelled from

Cunambula on the Burnett and took up;

Gracemere. On that journey he in-

spected the country now known aa

Kooingal and took up a lease of tt. Ho

did not stock it, however, and later

disposed of the lease. His elder brother.

Charles, was in charge of the party ant)

named Mt. Scoria and (The Callide.

KROOMBIT STATION-Occupation.

Licenses, 440 sq. miles. Owne¿ by tb» .

Executors df the late A,', ll. StirratO

(deceased). Cattle and a few horst!

bred, ii

The Prairie was bounded on tbs south,cast by Kroombit Station, owned by tho

Cadell», who also owned ? ideraway on

the Burnett. Mr. Carige, noir tba

owner ef Neandoo, sear Han ana, man-

aged Kroombit for many years' until lt

was purchase^ by the late HarpeerStirrat, by whoso estate it is atilt

MOOCOOROOBA-Crazing Selection**'

27.4U8 acres. Owned by AValsh Bros,Cattle".

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MOURA STATION-Pastoral Leas*.76 sq. miles,

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Owned' by 1)1, Farmer*Cattle.

MULTY-Prickly Pear Lease, 16 sq,

miles. Grating Homestead, 8983 acre** .

Owned by J. loung.'Cattle,

1'ARAA Ul-Prickly fear Lease, SA

sq, miles.. Grazing Selections, 12,65U|

acree. Owned by C. A. Becker. Cattle*

PASSCHENDALE-Grazing Hom««

stead, 19,504 acres, Owned by 15,

Tanwan. Cattle,'

l'LAYFIELDS-Occupation. 62601

acres. Grazing Farm 6650. Owned. W5D. M'Cornley. Cattle.

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PRAIRIE-Freehold £59 acree. OOCTHpation License 233 sq. miles, Mow heidi- V

by the Beak Pastoral Co, Ltd. Of this,

station Mr. Archer says s The Prairie)'

was owned by Morton and Street. Street!

was, 1 think, a lawyer in Sydney, t

fancy they were the original lessees,

At any rate, Mr. Morton, tho managingpartner, had been there SO yean OKmore when they eold out about 1890«I think to George Skyring, »bo after«,

warde eold to tho Queensland Cattle Co>

They in turn sold to tho Beak PastoralCo., who still hold those portions of tba:. .

country that havo not been taken «IAunder the Callide-Eurnett SgLtlemenq

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RANNES-In 1878 there «er« twa-.

email stations of this name, one oí ,

them being included in the unsettled! '

list and held by Mr. M. W. Cunning*ham. The other was in the settled,

area and was held by Messrs; J, B. Wattand M. W. Cunningham. The latter,

station was managed by Mr. Cunning«ham and after his death it was sold to

Mr. II. A. Stirrat of Euroa in the Cal«liope district. Later on the station waa

sold to the owners of Calliungal, Messrs.

Wilson and M'DowaU, Calliungal and

Rannes stations arti .now incorporated

and bare a freehoH of 10,500 acres sud,

selections amounting to 13,981 acres.

RAVENSCRAIG-Grazing Selection,

22,381 acres. Owned by Horne Bros.Cattle.

REDBANK-This property ie in th»

Burnett district and wa» for manyyears manàged by the Hamiltons. Very,little is known of its carly history ex-

cept that in 1878 it was divided in tho

settled and unsettled areas, the formerbeing held by Mr. Henry Mort and th«

unsettled »rea by Mr. G. IL Lloyd.

ROUNDSTONE S^ATIOÍí-SectoralLeases, 129 sq. miles. Owned by fi, I*Darcv. Cattle, and a few horses bred«.

THOMBY SY.moNWl'rickly Tear

Lease, 718 sq. miles. Owned .by. J. Ani \ '

derson. Cattle and a few horses bred«

TORSDALE-Occupation Licenses, 57Ji

sq. miles, and grazing selection. It i*I

held by Messrs. Archer. Jiros, ia con*

junction with their stud, cattle businessat Gracemere and Matcham. .Writingon the subject, Mr. J. Archer, says. : "My,personal knowledge of the. Dawson coun«

try only goes back to '85,. .when my,

brother, the late Robert. Archer,, and Btook up selections on Kooingal, which,

we named Torsdale, at the .suggestion,

of our old friend, the late Mr. .Byerley*

Thc name was suggested . by. severalisolated stoney hills on thc property]

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reminiscent of thc Devonshire Tors."

l'URMISTON-Occupation.Licenses, ISsq. miles. Selections 17,474 acre*,. Owned

hy J. Cunningham. Cattle,. Bulls and,

draught horscB bred.

TYNEHOLM-Occupation Licassc, 621

sq. miles. Grazing Homestead, 6091)

acres. Owned by J. Martin. Cattle.

ULOGIE PARK-Grasine; Selections,

20,181 acres. Owned by E, W. **i

'M'Camlcy. Cattle. .

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KIANGA HOMESTEAD.

WCL* TOif-Used io ht portion ofI

. Kianga before that property was sold|

by tba Kianga, Estates. Freehold, 4517 |

«eres. Selections 8761 aeras. Owned by.Vaols Tem Estâtes. Cattle.

WALLOON iTllis

station, now own-,

.A by tie Walloon Pastoral Company,««S a freehold area, ol 4717 acre« and(rasing eelettioos »neun

tinf to 7285

.«m. There ia also a pastoral tease

«J 181 square miles. In 1878 Walloon

wa« in toe unsettled area and was

owned, by tba Commercial Bank. In

1883 Cb« property was in the hands

of Mr. Augustus Barton, who also

«weed lifoolbooloomon and Mon Re poi,

is th« Burnett district. The property

waa managed by Mr. C. Forth, who died

altar » abort illness and was buried in

tb* Banana cemetery. Mr. E. Price

euosteded Mr. Forth tn the managementand after bis daWth the property waa

_taken ever by Mr' Maurie» Barton, only

.on of tho owner, and he managed tb«station until be «old out to tho pre-sent owner, Mr. J. Shaw,

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WAKT»-G raring farm, .5.TO2 aorta,

(.wad by S, Carige-cattle.

TvX^TIiOJlPlv-'Welcli «a« owned ia

SHS trr Mr. W. G. Weolrych, wa« pur.

timi t& tb% State GcwBmaot for th«

Jn4ga4]eB Soham of Theodor*. Tba

.m ww 3JUMT ««rea. Thin ia als«

»t0 «ere» resumed from "BltfcWy," 0*0

«4 ky H. D. Etwitt, for irri^Uo» pur

poss*. Tba tows of Tbtoaor» V» »it^ited

ea Xe*«rrc 15, parish of Woolthorpe, «t|

ab« Junette* of Castle Cr««* witt tie'

Dawao* Hiv«. >

?WOOLTON STATION-.Groring hems

.taeds Md farm» tetajllnj 7í,»2i «arcs,

ow*** ly H«teW»tm Brea, Osttle and sj

ffw horses huA11., i i

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