Ningaloo Station

Ningaloo Station is a sheep station located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia about 40 kilometres (25 mi) North of Coral Bay. It is bordered to the north by Cape Range National Park.

The station has an area of approximately 50,000 hectares (123,553 acres) and offers accommodation to travellers to the area in the form of camp-sites. The station is located adjacent to Ningaloo Reef as are Gnaraloo Station to the North and Cardabia Station and Warroora Station to the South.

Operating since at least 1919, the station produced at least 33 bales of wool in that year. The station was operated as a partnership between Herbert William Cope, Douglas Black and Leslie Leon Grant Black.

Receiving good falls of rain, 16.5 inches (419 mm) by June, in 1923, the land contained excellent feed and lambing was heavy. A new machine shearing shed and quarters were constructed using materials from the schooner Geraldton that were landed in May. Fire broke out at the station early in November but was quickly brought under control with only minimal damage occurring. Later the same year over 9,000 sheep were shorn and 215 bales of wool were produced by a shearing team of seven men over the course of three weeks, this was a record clip for the station. The wool was collected by the Geraldton and shipped to Perth.

Over 1,200 sheep were removed from the station in 1924 and droved overland by Mr Cope to the port at Carnarvon over a period of 25 days. Although water was only available every second day only a dozen sheep were lost and the flock reached the port in excellent condition. Later the same year 10,100 sheep were shorn at the station yielding 175 bales of wool, 3,000 lads were also shorn yielding an additional 30 bales.

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