Mileura Station

Mileura Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located in the Mid West region of Western Australia.

The station occupies an area of approximately 620,000 acres (250,905 ha) and is situated approximately 100 kilometres (62 mi) west of Meekatharra. The property adjoins Nookawarra Station.

The station has expanses of mulga, limestone gibber, rocky outcrops, floodplains and river and creek systems.

The station was established in 1885 by the Walsh family. Harry and his brother Fred Walsh moved to the area from Victoria and the family held the station for the next four generations until it was placed on the market in 2004.

Fred left the station until about 1898 before leaving the area and moving to Grass Valley and became a renowned merino judge.

Mr W. M. McIllwraith commenced as the station manager in 1904. He most likely replaced David Noble who had managed the station for the Walshes at about this time but returned to South Australia when his children reached school age.

In early 1909, the station received good early rain fall including 3.5 inches (89 mm) one day followed by 4 inches (102 mm) the next, flooding ensued and the homestead had to be surrounded by embankments. The Walsh's reported that one could see nothing but water for miles in every direction. Later the same year the Walsh brothers despatched 200 cattle from the station that were sent to Midland Junction.

Having good rains in 1913 Harry Walsh sold off 50 cattle all being described to be of prime quality at a special sale at Copley's Siding.

In 1918, the station was struck by tragedy, when a young employee died of heat exhaustion when he became lost in the bush. The young man, Frank Deeble, was sent to check that some of the remote windmills were operating and that water troughs contained adequate water for the sheep. Setting off on his bicycle he failed to return to the homestead that evening so the station manager Mr McIllwraith set off on a motorcycle to find him. The search lasted for eight days until Deeble's body was found only 3 miles from Mindoolah Station homestead.

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