Moorarie Station
Coordinates: 25°55′20″S 117°36′00″E / 25.9221°S 117.6001°E Moorarie Station is a pastoral lease currently operating as a sheep station in the Murchison district of Western Australia's Mid West region.
The property is situated approximately 117 kilometres (73 mi) northwest of Meekatharra and 400 kilometres (249 mi) east of Carnarvon. It is watered by the southern branch of the Murchison River, the Hope River and the Yalgar River.
Moorarie was established by Edward William Butcher in 1875. Two years later Butcher sold the station to Dr James William Hope and his future father-in-law John Henry Monger. Hope operated the station with a sequence of partners, initially Alexander Crawford, later William Dalgety Moore, until 1891.
In 1886 the property occupied an area of 1,100,000 acres (445,154 ha), watered by two major rivers, several clay pans and numerous shallow wells. At the time there were 14,000 sheep, 250 cattle and 40 horses, with Aboriginal labour for shepherding, shearing and .
...
Wikipedia