Nockatunga Station
Nockatunga Station most commonly known as Nockatunga is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in South West Queensland, Australia.
Nockatunga is located about 195 kilometres (121 mi) east of Innamincka and 197 kilometres (122 mi) south west of Quilpie in Queensland. Situated amongst the channel country of outback Queensland the property includes frontage to the Wilson River.
Occupying an area of approximately 8,500 square kilometres (3,282 sq mi), almost the size as Puerto Rico with an area of 8,959 square kilometres (3,459 sq mi), the property is able to carry 27,000 head of cattle on a good season. The station is currently held by the Consolidated Pastoral Company who had acquired it from the Hughes family in 1990 after they had owned it for 120 years. The country is described as open bendee opening onto well grassed downs studded with water worn stones and lightly timbered with stunted gidyah. The open plains contain cotton bush and saltbush.
The traditional owners of the area are the Kullili peoples of the Garlali language group, who have inhabited the area for thousands of years. The name of the property is thought to be derived from the Aboriginal words from the Theirila language Nock meaning water and tunga meaning smell.
The station was established in 1866 when Alexander Munro took up the lease but it soon changed hands and was owned in 1869 by Patrick Drinan.
The property was later put up for auction in 1872 and was advertised widely as a property of the richest fattening quality, having 80 miles (129 km) frontage along the Wilson River, and occupying an area of 350 square miles (906 km2). A herd of 6,500 cattle including 20 well bred bulls was included on the property that also claimed to have permanent waterholes of sufficient depth to float the largest man'o'war, even during the severest drought.
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