Eringa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a
cattle station
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in the
outback
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of
South Australia
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, once owned by Sir
Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime.
Early life
Sidne ...
. Its land is gazetted as a
locality
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called Eringa in 2013.
It is situated south of
Aputula
Aputula, alternatively spelt Apatula (formerly Finke until the 1980s), is a remote Indigenous Australian community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is south of Alice Springs and east of Kulgera roadhouse on the Stuart Highway, near ...
and east of
Kulgera. The area is hilly and has a better average rainfall than much of the surrounding country. The rarely dry waterhole, the Eringa waterhole, was once situated within the boundaries of the station.
History
Established at some time prior to 1879 it was owned by Arthur Treloar and J. J. Duncan, with Treloar managing the property. By 1886 Eringa was stocked with 4,000 head of cattle and 150 horses.
The property was acquired in 1899 by
Sidney Kidman
Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime.
Early life
Sidne ...
, in the same year he also acquired
Austral Downs
Austral Downs Station, most commonly known as Austral Downs, is a cattle station on the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory, Australia. It is situated approximately west of Camooweal and north west of Mount Isa.
Description
The S ...
and Carcoory Stations. Kidman named
his home in Kapunda, which he acquired around 1900, after this property.
In 1908 the property occupied an area of . The area had excellent rains in 1910 with over being recorded over a few days with creeks in the area all flooding.
In 1955 the station was being managed by Mr. W. L. Franklin and was running 5,000 head of cattle.
The station buildings are now derelict and the leasehold is part of the Hamilton Station.
The land occupying the extent of the Eringa Station pastoral lease was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Eringa".
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
{{Stations of South Australia
Stations in South Australia
Far North (South Australia)