Poolamacca Station is a

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that operates as a

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in the

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. It is situated about north of

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and north east of Mannahill at the eastern end of the

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adjoining Sturts Meadows. The station currently occupies an area of . The abandoned township of Tarrawingee is situated within the boundaries of the station. The property was established in the 1860s with the first owners of the run being Messrs Jones and Goode. In 1867 a shepherd staged a hoax with a white quartz gold find that lead to an aborted gold rush to the area. The first property in the area was Mount Gipps Station in 1865, with

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, Mundi Mundi and Poolamacca being established shortly afterwards.

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worked at Poolamacca during the 1870s as a boundary rider and stockman. In 1877 the property was put up for auction by the trustees of the estate of Messrs E. M. Bagot and G. Bennett. At this stage the property was approximately in size along with a flock of 34,906 sheep. The property comprised ten separate runs including the 64,000 acre Bijerkerno run to the 25,000 acre Torrowangee run. John Brougham acquired a half share in Poolamacca in 1889 and later secured the lease outright. Brougham remained at Poolamacca until 1915 when he moved to

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. In 1892 approximately 50

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, were moved to Poolamacca station which "under the regime of the late owner, Mr J. Brougham, constituted a sanctuary for the last remaining Aboriginal inhabitants of the Barrier Ranges and adjacent areas". The lease was later split into two properties: Poolamacca and Wilangee in the 1920s. Moss Smith sold the property in 1927 to the Pastoral company of Adelaide following the death of his daughter whose body was found buried in a warren in Poolamacca late the year before after she had gone missing for four months. In 2002 the property was acquired by the

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with the title holders being the Wilyakali Aboriginal Corporation when the property occupied an area of .

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{{Coord, 31.505, S, 141.472, E, type:landmark_region:AU-NSW, display=title Stations in New South Wales

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