Credo Station

Credo is a former pastoral lease located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) north of Coolgardie in the Goldfields of Western Australia,

The station occupies an area of 212,000 hectares (523,863 acres) and the pastoral lease was acquired by the Department of Environment and Conservation in 2007 and is now used as a tourist destination which offers overnight stays in the six on the site.

The explorer Ernest Giles passed through the area in 1875 and had an unfortunate encounter at nearby Ularring Rock with an Aboriginal tribe.

The station was set up by William Henry Halford who arrived in the area in 1904 after departing from Mintabying in South Australia in 1903 via Fowlers Bay, Eucla and Balladonia.

The station is divided into two sections, the Halford homestead is on the Black Flag area and is split from the other part by Carbine Station. The second area contains another homestead along with holding yards and shearing sheds. The station contains many native trees including black oak, salmon gum and gimlet with underbrush such as wattle, blue bush and salt bush.

Halford set up the Overland Dairy near Kalgoorlie and started to run cattle from Binyarinyinna near Lake Cowan to Kalgoorlie and acquiring pastoral leases. The family set up a homestead at Black Flag and Credo was initially an outstation. Credo itself was established in 1906-1907.

The station switched from cattle to sheep in about 1924 to focus on wool production. Properties in the area were dependent on dams rather than wells for watering stock. Well made dams are scattered every few miles over the property with at least one in every paddock. The dams also came in handy for the many prospectors who come to the region to look for gold. Many old mines once operated in the area including Black Flag, Four in Hand, Bountiful, Crown and Golden Buckle.

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