Quanbun Station, also known as Quanbum and Quanbun Downs, is a pastoral lease and
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 ...
located about southwest of
Fitzroy Crossing
Fitzroy or FitzRoy may refer to:
People Given name
* Several members of the Somerset family (Dukes of Beaufort) have this as a middle-name:
** FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788–1855)
** Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort (Henry Charles ...
in the
Kimberley
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Places and historical events
Australia
Queensland
* Kimberley, Queensland, a coastal locality in the Shire of Douglas
South Australia
* County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia
Ta ...
region of
Western Australia
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.
History
The station was established at some point prior to 1887. In 1887,
Edwin Rose
Edwin Rose (12 December 1863 – 11 January 1948) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Western Australian Legislative Council, Legislative Council of Western Australia from 1916 to 1934, representing South-West Province (Western ...
and his brother became managers and part-owners of Quanbun. In 1888 the property occupied an area of . In 1894 the property was still managed by Rose, and was operating as a
sheep station
A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...
.
The
Calvert expedition arrived at the station in 1896 and immediately set up a search party for a group of men who were supposed to arrive ahead of the main party.
In 1905 the property was owned by A.J. Rose, who remained in the area until 1911.
Roses were managers at Quanbun in 1954 when SP Walker from
United Aborigines Mission
The United Aborigines Mission (UAM) (also known as UAM Ministries, United Aborigines' Mission (Australia), and United Aborigines' Mission of Australia) was one of the largest missions in Australia, having dozens of missionary, missionaries and st ...
Station at Fitzroy Crossing visited.
The property was owned by Keith Anderson in 2010; Anderson also owned Jubilee Downs Station. Together the properties occupy an area of and were stocked with 12,000
Droughtmaster
The Droughtmaster is an Australian breed of beef cattle. It was developed from about 1915 in North Queensland by crossing zebuine cattle with cattle of British origin, principally the Beef Shorthorn. It was the first Australian taurindicine hy ...
cattle.
In 2020,
Andrew Forrest
John Andrew Henry Forrest (born 18 November 1961), nicknamed Twiggy, is an Australian businessman. He is best known as the former CEO (and current non-executive chairman) of Fortescue Metals Group (FMG), and has other interests in the mining ...
acquired both Quanbun and Jubilee Downs for over 30 million.
See also
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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 ...
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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 p ...
References
{{Stations of the Kimberley Western Australia
Homesteads in Western Australia
Stations in the Kimberley (Western Australia)