Ucharonidge 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.
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that operates as a
cattle station
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in the
Northern Territory
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of
Australia
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.
The property is situated approximately east of
Elliott and north of
Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek () is a town located in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is the Northern Territory#Cities and towns, seventh largest town in the Northern Territory, and is located on the Stuart Highway, just south of the intersection with ...
on the
Barkly Tableland
The Barkly Tableland is a region in the Central East of the Northern Territory, extending into Western Queensland. The region was named after Sir Henry Barkly. The epithet "Tableland" is inaccurate, since the region is neither elevated relative ...
.
[ It is operated in conjunction with Newcastle Waters and Dungowan Stations. The property shares a boundary with Beetaloo Station to the north, Mungabroom to the east, ]Helen Springs Station
Helen Springs Station more commonly known as Helen Springs is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station.
It is located about south of Elliott and east of Kalkaringi in the Northern Territory of Australia. The property shares a boun ...
to the south and Tandyidgee to the west.
It currently occupies an area of and carries approximately 20,000 head of cattle.
Paul and Florence Beebe drew Ucharonidge lease in a land ballot A land lottery or land ballot is a method of allocating land ownership or the right to occupy land by lot.
Some examples are:
* Moses' allocation of Promised Land territory to the Israelite tribes by lot, as mandated in Numbers 26:55 and 33:54 and ...
in 1948. The station was established in 1949 when the Beebe family moved onto the land. Initially the property occupied an area of .drought
A drought is a period of drier-than-normal conditions.Douville, H., K. Raghavan, J. Renwick, R.P. Allan, P.A. Arias, M. Barlow, R. Cerezo-Mota, A. Cherchi, T.Y. Gan, J. Gergis, D. Jiang, A. Khan, W. Pokam Mba, D. Rosenfeld, J. Tierney, ...
, with bushfires
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destroying and killing over 2,000 head of cattle. The Beebes left the property for a year until good rains fell.[
The Beebes were among the first to introduce ]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 onto the Barkly tableland in the 1960s.
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
1949 establishments in Australia