Moroak Station is a
pastoral lease
A pastoral lease, sometimes called a pastoral run, is an arrangement used in both Australia and New Zealand where government-owned Crown land is leased out to Pastoral farming, graziers for the purpose of livestock grazing on rangelands.
Austral ...
that operates as a
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 ...
in
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
, Australia.
The property is situated approximately east of
Mataranka and north east of
Larrimah
Larrimah is a remote town and locality in the Northern Territory of Australia, approximately southeast of the territorial capital of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and southeast of the municipal seat of Katherine, Northern Territory, Kat ...
. The
Roper River
The Roper River is a large perennial river located in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory of Australia.
Location and features
Formed by the confluence of the Waterhouse River and Roper Creek, the Roper River rises east of Mataranka ...
flows through the property and acts as the southern boundary of Moroak and the northern boundary of
Elsey Station
Elsey Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. Its traditional owners are the Mangarrayi people, whose rights were upheld by the Elsey Land Claim granted in 1997. The property i ...
. Moroak is bounded to the north by Mountain Valley Station, to the west by Goondooloo and to the east by Flying Fox Station.
The
traditional owners
Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rig ...
of the area are the
Mangarrayi people. Some of the Mangarrayi work as rangers along the river.
Alfred Thick owned the property in 1949.
In 2013 Moroak was run in conjunction with Goondooloo, and together the leases occupy an area of ; the lands were stocked with 25,000 head of
Brahman
In Hinduism, ''Brahman'' (; IAST: ''Brahman'') connotes the highest universal principle, the ultimate reality of the universe.P. T. Raju (2006), ''Idealistic Thought of India'', Routledge, , page 426 and Conclusion chapter part XII In the ...
cattle.
The property is run by Tony Davis, who acquired it in 2004
for 10 million,
and who also owned
Limbunya
Limbunya Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Location
The property is situated approximately west of the community of Daguragu and south of Darwin. The property shares a bo ...
Station. Between 2004 and 2014 Davis built 40 additional dams, had the property completely fenced and made improvements to the homestead.
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