Ethel Creek Station
Coordinates: 22°53′53″S 120°10′01″E / 22.898°S 120.167°E
Ethel Creek Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station.
It is located about 68 kilometres (42 mi) north east of Newman and 111 kilometres (69 mi) south of Nullagine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It had about 100 miles (161 km) double frontage to the Fortescue River and adjoins Roy Hill, Balfour Downs, Three Rivers, Muura Munda and Sylvania Stations. The country is mostly alluvial flats that support a variety of grasses.
The station was established in about 1880 by Charles Smith. A new stock route passed through the area in 1895.
Jack Bates, the drover husband of Daisy Bates, acquired Ethel Creek at some time before 1902. The Bates family, including the 15-year-old Arnold Bates, bought cattle at Roebuck Plains, near Broome and overlanded the 770 head of Hereford cattle for over 1,000 kilometres (621 mi) back to Ethel Creek. The journey took about six months and although they lost 200 head along the way they still made a profit of over !,000. The Bates' were legally separated in 1912.
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