Mount Augustus Station
Coordinates: 24°18′29″S 116°54′32″E / 24.308°S 116.909°E
Mount Augustus Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south west of Paraburdoo and 300 kilometres (186 mi) north west of Meekatharra in the Gascoyne region. The Upper Lyons River and Frederick River both run through the property, and the lease area once included Mount Augustus, which is claimed to be the largest monocline in the world. The property shares a border with Cobra Station.
The station was established in 1887 by Samuel James Phillips and John Hughes Phillips. In the early days of settlement the settlers suffered from constant attacks by the Indigenous peoples. In 1892 the station store was attacked and ransacked and a worker at the property was speared.
A gold rush started in the area in 1893, following reports of a good find. The reports proved to be exaggerated, with gold only to be found in a small area and the field was labeled a "duffer"" and the diggers moved elsewhere.
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