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Davenport Downs Station


Coordinates: 24°09′11″S 141°06′12″E / 24.15293°S 141.10344°E / -24.15293; 141.10344 (Davenport Downs)

Davenport Downs Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station.

It is situated about 184 kilometres (114 mi) south east of Boulia and 262 kilometres (163 mi) north east of Birdsville in the channel country of Queensland.

Davenport Downs is the largest cattle station in Queensland and the fourth largest station in Australia after Anna Creek station, Alexandria Station and Clifton Hills Station. Together with Springvale station which is run in aggregate with Davenport they occupy an area of 15,100 square kilometres (5,830 sq mi) and are currently owned by Paraway Pastoral Company.

Composed of mitchell grass downsland in the channel country, it has good access to water via many bores that tap into the Great Artesian Basin as well as the Diamantina River and Farrars Creek both of which cross the property. Both the waterways will often flood about one quarter of the property during the wet season providing abundant of feed.


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