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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Wrotham Park Lodge dismantled & moved to NT
April 28th, 2010Wrotham Park Lodge closing – for good
September 5th, 2009Wrotham Park Lodge, located on Wrotham Park Station (near Chillagoe, far north Queensland), has always shut in November (late in the dry season) and re-opened around the start of April (after each wet season). However this year it is shutting up on 16th October, apparently for good. Mid October happens to be 60 days since […]
Wrotham Park Station sold to Consolidated Pastoral Company
August 17th, 2009The sale of Wrotham Park cattle station to CPC has been confirmed in today’s AFR by James Thackray, Partner in Great Southern receivers, McGrath Nicol. Great Southern paid the AACo $53.5 million for Wrotham Park, however the sale price is apparently much less than that top-dollar price; at around $48 million. Consolidated Pastoral Company’s bid […]
Wrotham Park Station under contract to CPC
August 15th, 2009Unofficial reports say that as of this week, Wrotham Park Station is under a sale contract to Terra Firma/Ken Warriner owned Consolidated Pastoral Company; 2 month settlement period.
Wrotham Park and Moola Bulla taken off the market until 2010
July 30th, 2009According to the Melbourne Age Newspaper, receivers McGrathNicol have taken Wrotham Park and Moola Bulla off the market while they are mustered, and they will be offered for sale again early next year, after ‘the next big wet, due in November’. This article is a classic example of a journalist who has absolutely no understanding […]
Great Southern Sale of Wrotham Park and Chudleigh Park Stations
June 19th, 2009Shortly after 11am, bidding on Chudleigh Park immediately commenced at $18 million but the initial rapid fire bids of $2m stalled for a lengthy period at $24m. After private discussions with highest bidder Peter Camm, Chudleigh Park was sold to Camm Cattle Company for $28 million just after 12.30pm. (Camm Cattle Company sold NT stations […]
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 […]
Gordon Arnold OAM
May 2nd, 2007Gordon Arnold and his wife Nell (Ellen) spent 25 years working for the Australian Agricultural Company on Wrotham Park, from 1963 to 1988. Prior to that they were managing AACo-owned Ivanhoe, near Kununurra in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia. Gordon was a character and gentleman of the old school, of my father’s generation. […]