Macquarie Pastoral Fund’s Paraway Pastoral Company buys more blue chip agricultural holdings

July 22nd, 2010

Paraway Pastoral Company bought farms from John Kahlbetzer’s Twynham Agricultural Group

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Argadargada Station sold to Peter Hughes

July 20th, 2010

Peter Hughes has paid $5m to buy Argadargada Station, located in  the central Australia/lower Barkly Tableland region of the Northern Territory, SW of Mt Isa.  Argadargada had been put to auction by the Broad family and passed in for $4.7m.  Peter Hughes also owns Lake Nash Station which runs along the eastern boundary.   Lake Nash was owned in […]

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S. Kidman & Co’s Quinyambie Station for sale

June 16th, 2010

S Kidman & Co Ltd (S.K.) has put Quinyambie station on the market.  At 12,119 square kilometres Quinyambie station is one of the largest cattle stations in southern Australia. It starts 160km north west of Broken Hill (over the border in South Australia); running up into the Strzelecki Desert.  The average rainfall is only 200mm (about 8″) and […]

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Another remote cattle station advertised for sale online

June 1st, 2010

Harkness Station is another remote cattle station for sale, being advertised online, by way of a Google Ad appearing up the top of searches for cattle stations for sale. Harkness cattle station is a very well-watered property located on the Coleman River headwaters on Cape York Peninsula – halfway between Mareeba/Cairns and Weipa (approx 500km […]

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MacDonald Downs – Creative Outback Cattle Station marketing with new social media

May 19th, 2010

In some circles, the popular stereotype of rural residents is of straw-chewing half wits, at least half a century behind the times. Whereas in reality, in rural and remote Australia there is actually a faster uptake and far greater use of the latest technology – at least, the practical, directly useful and durable bits (not […]

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Amalgamation of pastoral leases

May 11th, 2010

Why does the government continue to turn a blind eye to the amalgamation of northern cattle stations that are large and profitable enough to be run as stand-alone businesses; running down built assets that have taken generations to acquire, and creating conglomerations that are out of financial reach of all but a tiny number of exceedingly well off Australians?

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Properties owned by Macquarie’s Paraway Pastoral Co

May 9th, 2010

Farms and cattle stations owned by Macquarie Bank’s Paraway Pastoral Company.

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The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo) Board Changes

May 4th, 2010

Changes to the board of Australia’s largest pastoral company, the Australian Agricultural Company (AACo).

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Wrotham Park Lodge dismantled & moved to NT

April 28th, 2010

Wrotham Park Lodge closed and the buildings packed up and moved to the Northern Territory, after the sale of Wrotham Park station by Great Southern to Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC).

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RMWAH investment by Westscheme Superannuation

March 29th, 2010

Westscheme, a Western Australian based industry superannuation fund managing more than $2.8b billion, has become a minor shareholder (under $2 million ) in RMWAH. R.M. Williams Agricultural Holdings is a joint venture between Ken Cowley and Primary Holdings International.

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