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Mount Barnett Station is a pastoral lease that 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 stat ...
in
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. It is situated approximately north of Fitzroy Crossing and east of
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in the Kimberley region. Manning Creek runs through the property and the tourist destination, Manning Gorge, is also found within the station boundaries. The property is accessed off the
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. The pastoral lease is currently held by the Kupungarri Aboriginal Corporation. The property had been established prior to 1903 when it was stocked by cattle that were taken from Fitzroy Crossing and across the King Leopold Ranges (modern-day Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges) in the first drove across the range. In the same year the station was being managed by Mick O'Connor who remained there until at least 1912. In 1912 it was owned by the Rose Brothers. Mount Barnett was one of eight properties located along the Lennard River, all of which were very isolated at the time, and not being serviced by a mail run. In 1920 it was owned by Ben Copley, who was running cattle. Copley also owned Karbar Station near Yalgoo and had overlanded herds for the journey. Fred Merry took over management of the station in the mid 1920s and assisted the police in suppressing the local Aborigines who had been spearing cattle on the property. The station was abandoned soon afterwards after cattle tick had arrived in the area.


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List of pastoral leases in Western Australia Pastoral leases in Western Australia are increasingly known as "stations", and more particular – as either sheep stations or cattle stations. They are usually found in country that is designated as rangeland. In 2013 there were a total of 527 ...


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{{Stations of the Kimberley Western Australia Pastoral leases in Western Australia Stations (Australian agriculture) Kimberley (Western Australia)