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Liveringa


Coordinates: 18°02′56″S 124°10′19″E / 18.049°S 124.172°E / -18.049; 124.172 (Liveringa) Liveringa or Liveringa Station, often referred to as Upper Liveringa Station, is a pastoral lease in Western Australia that once operated as a sheep station but presently operates as a cattle station.

Situated about 5 kilometres (3 mi) south east of the Looma Community and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) south east of Derby in the Kimberley region, the property has a 100-kilometre (62 mi) frontage on the Fitzroy River, which forms its southern boundary.

Comprising an area of 2,650 square kilometres (1,023 sq mi), it has a carrying capacity of over 22,000 head of cattle. The livestock manager since 2010 has been Peter "Jed" O'Brien, but the property also grows fodder for livestock using three centre-pivot irrigators and is experimenting with tropical grain crops.

The station contains large areas of river flats that are quite fertile and grow a variety of herbage suitable for fodder, including Mitchell grass, Flinders grass, rice grass, ribbon grass and bundle bundle. The growth is so prolific that the areas have been cut and baled as a reserve for the dry season.

The homestead group consists of the main house, workers' kitchen and dining Room, meat house, shearers' quarters, workshop and the garden. The main house has stone walls with cement mortar and corrugated iron roofing. The surrounding verandah has steel supports and unlined timber purloins. It was built in the 1880s and 1890s and was classified by the National Trust in 2005.


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