Kalala Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a
cattle station
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in the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia
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.
Location
The property is situated approximately north west of
Daly Waters and north of
Elliott and south of
Katherine
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[ in the ]Roper Gulf Region
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History
In October 2006 t ...
of the Northern Territory.
Description
The property has an area of and has double frontage to the Stuart Highway
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and is composed of a mix of black soil country with areas of arable red country. In 2019 it was carrying a herd of around 35,000 head of Brahman
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cattle.[
]
History
The property was acquired by the Langenhoven family in 2019 for $58 million, the family had also recently acquired McMinn Station and the neighbouring Big River Station. The property was sold to them by the Murphy family who had owned it since 2005.Nelson Bunker Hunt
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, a Texan
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billionaire who both owned and operated the station in the 1960s and 1970s. The Beebe brothers, Mick and Roy, acquired the property from Hunt in the late 1970s and made many significant improvements until they sold to the Murphys in 2005 who continued to invest in more infrastructure.
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
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Stations in the Northern Territory