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Boolathana Station


Coordinates: 24°39′9.65″S 113°41′38.98″E / 24.6526806°S 113.6941611°E / -24.6526806; 113.6941611 (Boolathana) Boolathana Station is a pastoral lease currently operating as a cattle station that once operated as a sheep station in Western Australia.

The property is situated approximately 26 kilometres (16 mi) north of Carnarvon and 167 kilometres (104 mi) south of Coral Bay in the Gascoyne region. The property is bounded by Quobba station to the west and the north. The homestead is situated on the banks of a large dam about 2 miles (3.2 km) long and 0.25 miles (402 m) wide. The country is mostly of a coastal nature with alternating sand ridges and salt bush flats. Several different native grasses, shrubs and the wattle variety Wanu provide good feed for stock. The station was one of the first in the district to bore for artesian water; one bore provides 1,500,000 imperial gallons (6,819,135 l) of water per day.

The first Europeans to visit the area were an expedition led by Charles Brockman and George Hamersley in 1876. Brockman later established Boolanthana after acquiring the lease for 40,000 acres (16,187 ha).


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