Elders was an agribusiness company founded in 1839, with an emphasis over the decades on wool broking. Over the years a number of well known stock & station agent businesses merged into Elders, for example Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd merged with Elders Smith & Co Ltd in 1963 (to form Elder Smith Goldsbrough Mort […]
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Koolatah Station, North Queensland, still for sale
May 9th, 2009Koolatah Station, in Queensland’s northern Gulf region (between Kowanyama and Mareeba) was listed for sale with Dick Larkin, of Landmark Queensland, in 2008. The station has miles of frontage onto the Alice and magnificent Mitchell River, and the homestead complex is located right beside the permanently-flowing Mitchell. As is usual for northern Australian stations, offered […]
Mustering choppers crash on Springvale station, Halls Creek
May 6th, 20092 mustering helicopters (R22s) crashed on Springvale station, between Halls Creek and Turkey Creek (Warmun), WA; presumably some time before they were due to refuel at 8.30am. Both pilots, in their 30s, died. Troy Wareham was from Alice Springs but apparently based at Yeeda Station (near Derby) and Matthew Funnel was from Wanganui, New Zealand.
Buck Buchester of Wave Hill station, has died, aged 80.
May 2nd, 2009Buck Buchester was a ringer and a gentleman who had been described by those who knew him as the most unassuming bloke they know. Buck lived and worked in the NT’s Victoria River District for most of his life, including on Wave Hill station, where he passed on his knowledge of station skills to the […]
The Seventh Day Adventist church have been funding a barrow push for animal rights extremists
May 1st, 2009As long as I can remember, there’s been Sanitarium Weetbix in our cupboard for breakfast. Well not any more – Vita Brits only from now on. Nestle may not be 100% Australian owned, but at least they’re not pushing vegetarian propaganda onto the general public. And guess what, Vita Brits are usually cheaper anyway. A […]
AACo sells Rockhampton Downs Station
May 1st, 2009On 28th of April the Australian Agricultural Company sold Rockhampton Downs Station, on the Barkly Tableland (Northern Territory), to the Harris family for $37 million. They probably can’t believe their luck. Shareholder and previous board member Nick Burton-Taylor has pointed out the obvious. Why would you sell a Rolls Royce (Rockhampton Downs; prime Barkly grassland, […]
Great Southern Limited to sell Wrotham Park, Chudleigh Park & Moola Bulla
May 1st, 2009A couple of days ago (29th April) Great Southern Plantations Limited finally publicly listed cattle stations Wrotham Park, Chudleigh Park and Moola Bulla for sale. Moola Bulla is near Halls Creek, in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Chudleigh Park is located northwest of Hughenden, and Wrotham Park Station is near Chillagoe, west of […]