Calvert Hills Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a

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in the

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of Australia. It is situated about south of

Borroloola Borroloola ( local Aboriginal languages: ''Burrulula'') is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is located on the McArthur River, about 50 km upstream from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Location Borroloola lies on the traditional c ...

and east of Elliott. Other pastoral leases surround the property including

Wollogorang Station Wollogorang Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station straddling the border the Northern Territory and Queensland. Location The property is situated approximately north west of Doomadgee and west of Burketown. The hom ...

to the east,

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and the Garawa Aboriginal Land Trust to the north, Kiana to the west,

Cresswell Downs Cresswell Downs Station, often referred to as Cresswell Downs, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated about east of Elliott and south of Borroloola. Cresswell Downs i ...

to the south west and Benmarra and the Wanyi-Garawa Aboriginal Land Trust to the south. Alex Chapple, an American, acquired the property prior to 1996. He employed Paul Edmonds as manager who convinced him to hold onto the station. The property was mostly under developed at this stage and had also been destocked to eradicate

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and

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. The station was listed in 2013 along with at least 15 others following the live export ban to Indonesia. It sold later the same year, the first in 12 months to the McMillan Pasotral Company when it was stocked with 15,000 head of cattle for 15 million. In 1949 the property changed ownership when Camp and MacIntosh acquired it from the estate of J. Clarke.

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{{Reflist Stations (Australian agriculture) Pastoral leases in the Northern Territory

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