Doorawarrah

Doorawarrah Station, commonly referred to as Doorawarrah, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.

Doorawarrah
Location in Western Australia

It is situated about 79 kilometres (49 mi) east of Carnarvon and 196 kilometres (122 mi) south of Coral Bay in the Gascoyne region. Doorawarrah is bounded to the west by Brick House Station and has 80 kilometres (50 mi) double frontage to the Gascoyne River.[1]

In 1890 the property was acquired by James Munro,[2] who developed the property over many years.[3]

In 1905 approximately 32,000 sheep were shorn at Doorawarrah.[4] By 1908 the flock size had increased to 36,368 and 558 bales of wool were produced from shearing.[5] 42,459 sheep were clipped in 1910, yielding 768 bales.[6] The area had three dry years from mid 1909 to early 1913, with the Gascoyne River not running for any of that time.[7]

Munro sold Doorawarrah and took up the Pallinup Estate near Gnowangerup.[3] Reginald George Burt who had once managed neighbouring Brick House Station acquired Doorawarrah and the 33,000 sheep the property was stocked with in 1922[8] and retained possession until his death in 1957.[9]

Massive bushfires swept through the area in 1927, with Doorawarrah, Brick House, Ella Valla, Callagiddy and other properties all losing large areas of feed to the fires.[10]

The 2,197 square kilometres (848 sq mi) property was sold for A$3 million in 2009 to a local pastoralist who owned two other properties in the area.[11] The new owners, David and Geneveive Robinson, lost a few cattle from the property during the 2010 floods, but had a good season in 2011 after the rains broke a long drought.[12]

In 2012 the area was threatened by bushfires that burned an area of 700,000 hectares (1,729,738 acres) in total. Doorawarrah and other stations such as Jimba Jimba, Boolathana and Meedo all received bushfire advice warnings.[13]

See also

References
  1. "Brickhouse and Doorawarrah Station". Elders. 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. "Advertising". Western Mail. Perth. 3 May 1890. p. 20. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The Pastoralist – Stock and Station". Western Mail. Perth. 21 May 1931. p. 39. Retrieved 16 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Stock and Station news". The Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia. 14 October 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Mingenew Market". The Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia. 19 September 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Doorawarrah". The Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia. 15 October 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "River past Doorawarrah". The Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia. 1 February 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Sale of Doorawarrah". The Northern Times. Carnarvon, Western Australia. 23 September 1922. p. 5. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Burt, Reginald George (1879–1957)". Obituaries Australia. Australian National University. 16 March 1957. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  10. "Bush fires at Carnarvon". Western Argus. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. 27 December 1927. p. 23. Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "WA Station sold for $3m". Weekly Times. 9 October 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  12. Melissa Miller (15 November 2011). "Floods fail to dampen muster". Countryman. Yahoo7. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  13. "Carnarvon bushfires blaze as winds blow". WA Today. 28 January 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
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