Sterling Buntine’s Baldy Bay Pty Ltd has sold the NT’s Tanumbirini Station for around $33 million to a business apparently new to rural Australia, and about which very little is publicly known - Thames Pastoral Company. Sterling paid Henry & Maria Townshend $38 million for Tanumbirini Station in 2006. According to Beef Central, David Connolly is the manager [...]
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Tanumbirini Station sold to Thames Pastoral Company
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Business operating hours – Future Dates Away-office closures
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The Conversation – excellent, thought provoking discussion of issues relating to the environment & agriculture
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