Mount Vernon Station is a pastoral lease 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 ...
.
It is located about south west of
Newman
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and north of
Meekatharra in the
Mid West
The Mid West region is one of the nine regions of Western Australia. It is a sparsely populated region extending from the west coast of Western Australia, about north and south of its administrative centre of Geraldton and inland to east of W ...
region of
Western Australia
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. The
Ashburton River runs through the property for a distance of approximately from east to west and the Ethel River runs through the southern portion. Mount Vernon has common boundaries with
Bulloo Downs,
Tangadee, Pingandy, Mininer and
Turee Creek Stations as well as vacant
crown land
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.
[
The property occupies an area of . The country varies from the alluvial plains flanking the river that support various native grasses to the rugged mountain and dolomite hills that support tall shrubland and spinifex plains.][
In 1928 Mount Vernon was put up for auction, at this time it occupied an area of and was stocked with 900 cattle and 150 horses.
The station had been acquired by J. A. and C. Meehan who held the lease until selling the property for £18,000 in 1951. The Panizza family, a well known pastoralist family from Dardanup, had bought the property.][
In 2006 Mount Vernon had flooding resulting from heavy rains in 1997; the next good season the property had was in 2006 when it recorded , above its yearly average.]
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 the Mid West Western Australia
Stations in the Mid West (Western Australia)