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Coolibah Station


Coordinates: 15°33′04″S 130°57′40″E / 15.551°S 130.961°E / -15.551; 130.961 (Coolibah Station) Coolibah Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

It is situated about 53 kilometres (33 mi) east of Timber Creek and 184 kilometres (114 mi) south west of Katherine with the homestead situated along the Victoria River.

The 5,000 square kilometres (1,931 sq mi) property running 80,000 head of cattle is owned by Milton Jones. Jones, who owns a helicopter business specializes in aerial mustering, bought the property in 1988 with cash. The station is best known for being the location of the reality television program Keeping up with the Joneses.

The property was acquired by Patrick Quilty, the son of Tom Quilty, in 1938. Quilty Snr. owned Glenore Station and Euroka Springs Station, both of which were passed onto his sons. Prior to his death in 1938 Patrick Quilty and his brother Tom acquired Bradshaw Station, Coolibah Station and Bedford Downs Station.

A Dragon Rapide aeroplane, of Connellan Airways, crashed at Coolibah in 1949. The head stockman, an Aboriginal man named Jack Brumby, was recommended for a gallantry award for rescuing the pilot.


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