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Pinnacles Station


Coordinates: 28°11′53″S 120°26′20″E / 28.198°S 120.439°E / -28.198; 120.439 (Pinnacles)

Pinnacles Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station and now operates as a sheep station in Western Australia.

It is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) south west of Leinster and 116 kilometres (72 mi) north west of Leonora in the Goldfields-Esperance region. The station surrounds the now abandoned town of Lawlers; it shares boundaries with Leinster Downs Station to the north, as well as Dandarraga, Sturt Meadows and Ida Valley Stations to the south.

Pinnacles was established in 1896 by Messrs Routledge, Morris and Willis.Droughts followed but in 1909 it experienced the best season since 1896, with wildflowers blooming across the grazing lands and 300 cattle being overlanded down from the Kimberley region. The property was put up for auction in 1920 when it occupied an area of 755,100 acres (305,578 ha) and was stocked with approximately 1,100 head of cattle. Still owned by Routledge and Co. it had 18 wells, a homestead, approximately 25 acres (10 ha) of miners' cottages and special leases and five town blocks.


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