Ucharonidge Station
Coordinates: 17°40′30″S 134°15′02″E / 17.67487°S 134.25056°E
Ucharonidge Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory.
The property is situated approximately 76 kilometres (47 mi) east of Elliott and 130 kilometres (81 mi) north of Tennant Creek on the Barkly Tableland. It is operated in conjunction with Newcastle Waters and Dungowan Stations. The property shares a boundary with Beetaloo Station to the north, Mungabroom to the east, Helen Springs Station to the south and Tandyidgee to the west.
Currently occupying an area of 2,479 square kilometres (957 sq mi) and carries approximately 20,000 head of cattle.
Paul and Florence Beebe drew Ucharonidge lease in land ballot in 1948. The station was established in 1949 when the Beebe family moved onto the land. Initially the property occupied an area of 958 square miles (2,481 km2). By 1951 Ucharonidge, and most of the Northern pastoral lands, were struck by a serious drought with bushfires destroying 300 square miles (777 km2) a killing over 2,000 head of cattle. The Beebes left the property for a year until good rains fell.
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