Mount Welcome Station
Coordinates: 20°45′S 117°07′E / 20.75°S 117.12°E Mount Welcome Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but is now operated as a cattle station in Western Australia.
The property was founded at the foot of Mount Welcome by John and Emma Withnell on the banks of the Harding River next to a freshwater pool called leramargadu. The site is where the town of Roebourne is now located.
The Withnell family comprised John, pregnant Emma, their children George and John, Emma's sister and brother Fanny and John Hancock, John's brother Robert and three servants. The group had intended to settle at Port Walcott but their ship, Sea Ripple, ran aground at Port Hedland. It was later refloated and continued to Port Walcott, landing at Tien Tsin Harbour in April 1864. Only 86 sheep were saved of the 460 aboard. The family walked to the Harding River and settled at Mount Welcome.
A homestead for the 30,000 acres (12,141 ha) property was quickly constructed, a single room house made from stone, mud bats and the remains of their cargo with a spinifex roof. The homestead was a hub for the local community, which had a population of 200 by 1865, as it served as a link between the port of Cossack and the outlying runs.
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