Yanrey
Coordinates: 22°30′29″S 114°47′38″E / 22.508°S 114.794°E
Yanrey Station, often referred to as Yanrey, is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station.
It is located about 93 kilometres (58 mi) south east of Exmouth and 110 kilometres (68 mi) south of Onslow in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Yanrey occupies an area of 2,508 square kilometres (968 sq mi) and shares boundaries with Minderoo, Koordarrie, Giralia, Nanutarra, Uaroo and Nyang Stations. The station is made up of broad sandy plains with areas of alluvial clay plains. The Yannanie River flows north-south through the property with flood plains extending outward. The property is able to hold a maximum number of 47,000 sheep.
The station was originally established by John and David Stewart. It was sold to Thomas Frederick de Pledge following the death of John Stewart. De Pledge was already familiar with the area having worked for the Stewarts as a jackaroo and for Alexander Forrest and Septimus Burt on neighbouring Minderoo Station for a period of seven years. De Pledge was appointed manager at Yanrey in 1897 and purchased the property in 1898 when it occupied an area of 270,000 acres (109,265 ha). Over the next three years de Pledge acquired the neighbouring properties of Yannangal, Yannaney and Globe Hill and incorporated them all into Yanrey giving it a total area of approximately 761,000 acres (3,080 km2). He also worked to improve the flock so that Yanrey wool would always fetch high prices at market. At one stage Yanrey was the third largest property in the Ashburton District with a size of 876,892 acres (354,866 ha).
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