Nyang Station, often referred to as Nyang and previously known as Wogoola Station, is a pastoral lease that operates as a

sheep station A sheep station is a large property ( station, the equivalent of a ranch) in Australia or New Zealand, whose main activity is the raising of sheep for their wool and/or meat. In Australia, sheep stations are usually in the south-east or sout ...

. It is located about east of Coral Bay and south of Onslow in the

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region of

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. Nyang occupies an area of and shares boundaries with Yanrey,

Uaroo Uaroo Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station and has previously operated as a sheep station. It is located about south of Onslow and west of Paraburdoo in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The property share ...

, Winning and Marrilla Stations. The property was established as Wogoola Station in 1891 by a partnership between James Clark and Alexander Cameron. Cameron had previously owned Towera Station, which he had sold the same year. The name Wogoola is the

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name for a

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located a few hundred metres away from the

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. In 1951 the station was put up for auction again. The property, carrying a flock of 6,300 sheep, attracted a highest bid of £10,000.

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{{Stations of the Pilbara Western Australia Stations in the Pilbara Heritage places of Western Australia 1891 establishments in Australia

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