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The family owned Brooking Creek Station on the Fitzroy River and Arthur's father, Joseph Blythe, later established Mount House Station. [1] Together Mount House and Glenroy occupy an area of 5,059 km 2 (1,953 sq mi) and can carry approximately 20,000 head of cattle. [2] Blythe sold his share of the property to Jabez Pearson Orchard in about 1912.
The expansion of the cattle industry caused widespread dispossession of Aboriginal people, with significant damage to water sources and sensitive environments. [ 5 ] There is only one remaining sheep station, at Avon Downs , [ 6 ] the rest rear cattle which is sold domestically or live into South East Asia, mainly Indonesia . [ 7 ]
Glenorn is a pastoral lease that has operated as both a sheep and cattle station.It is located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south east of Leonora and 33 kilometres (21 mi) north east of Kookynie in the Goldfields of Western Australia,
In the inland regions of most states excluding Victoria and Tasmania, cattle stations may exceed 10,000 km 2 with the largest being Anna Creek Station at 24,000 km 2 (6,000,000 acres). [citation needed]
The entire landholding was placed up for sale in April 2015, comprising 11 cattle stations with a total area of over 100,000 square kilometres (38,610 sq mi) with a herd of 155,000 cattle. [2] The total value of the company was estimated at A$ 360.5 million, and cattle stations in Western Australia , South Australia , Queensland, and the ...
Jumbuck Pastoral Company is an Australian company that operates numerous cattle stations and sheep stations in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia. It is one of the largest landowners in Australia and the biggest wool grower. As at 2013, Jumbuck controlled over 50,000 square kilometres (19,305 sq mi ...
Bradshaw Station, most commonly known as Bradshaw's Run, was a pastoral lease that operated as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated about 171 kilometres (106 mi) east of Kununurra and 235 kilometres (146 mi) south west of Katherine .
Stanbroke Pastoral Company is a company once owned by AMP Limited that was once one of the largest land owners in Australia.. Established in about 1964, by 2003 the company owned 27 cattle stations in Queensland and the Northern Territory controlling some 1,160,000 square kilometres (447,879 sq mi) of pastoral country.