Eringa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a
cattle station in the
outback
The Outback is a remote, vast, sparsely populated area of Australia. The Outback is more remote than the bush. While often envisaged as being arid, the Outback regions extend from the northern to southern Australian coastlines and encompass a n ...
of
South Australia, once owned by Sir
Sidney Kidman. Its land is gazetted as a
locality called Eringa in 2013.
It is situated south of
Aputula 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, 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 Sta ...
and Carcoory Stations. Kidman named his
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
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List of ranches and stations
References
{{Stations of South Australia
Pastoral leases in South Australia
Stations (Australian agriculture)
Far North (South Australia)