Cooinda Station is a
pastoral lease
A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to Pastoral farming, graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands.
Austral ...
that currently operates as a
cattle station
In Australia and New Zealand, a cattle station is a large farm ( station is equivalent to the American ranch), the main activity of which is the rearing of cattle. The owner of a cattle station is called a '' grazier''. The largest cattle stati ...
in
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
.
The property is situated approximately north of
Winton and southeast of
Hughenden Hughenden may refer to:
*Hughenden, Queensland, a town in Australia
* Hughenden, Alberta, a village in central Alberta, Canada
*Hughenden Valley, a village in Buckinghamshire, England
*Hughenden Manor, a mansion in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Eng ...
. The ephemeral Werna Creek runs through the property. The property is predominantly
Mitchell and
Flinders grass
''Iseilema'', commonly known in Australia as Flinders grass, is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family
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country.
Cooinda was acquired by Balgarnie and Martin at some time prior to 1896. At this time it was running sheep. Over 10,000 sheep were sold off from the property in 1897. In 1898 a
bore was being sunk at the property to guarantee water for stock. It was completed in early 1899 when it reached a depth of and produced a flow rate of per day. Robert Edward Balgarnie still owned the property when he was married in 1906.
The
Consolidated Pastoral Company acquired Cooinda in 2010 at which time the property occupied an area of and runs up to 4,000 head of cattle.
See also
*
List of ranches and stations
This is a list of ranches and sheep and cattle stations, organized by continent. Most of these are notable either for the large geographic area which they cover, or for their historical or cultural importance.
Africa
* Obudu Cattle Ranch
* S ...
References
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Stations in Queensland
Central West Queensland