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Mount Hart Station


Coordinates: 16°49′23″S 124°54′47″E / 16.823°S 124.913°E / -16.823; 124.913 (Mount Hart) Mount Hart Station, commonly referred to as Mount Hart, is a defunct pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in Western Australia. The lands are part of a conservation area and the homestead operates as a wilderness lodge for tourists.

It is situated about 146 kilometres (91 mi) east of Derby and 330 kilometres (205 mi) north west of Halls Creek, in the heart of the King Leopold Ranges in the Kimberley region. The property is accessed via the Gibb River Road and the homestead is situated on the banks of the Barker River. Mount Hart shares a boundary with Charnley River Station.

The property once occupied an area of 4,047 square kilometres (1,563 sq mi).

Frank Hann was the first European to cross the King Leopold Range, in 1898 via an 18 kilometres (11 mi) pass.

The station was established prior to 1906 when Robert Brown was the manager. Brown was in partnership with Felix Edgar and William Chalmers, who together owned the station.

In 1906 the homestead was broken into twice, and the contents stolen. Brown made a report to the local police, who tracked the Aborigines responsible to their camp along the Charnley River and killed a man who tried to spear them. Another nine men were arrested and two females were detained, and all the equipment, including a double-barrelled shotgun, was recovered.


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