Urisino Station, most commonly known as Urisino, 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 has operated as both 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 ...

and 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 outback

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

. It is situated about north east of White Cliffs and west of Bourke. The vegetation is predominantly composed of mulga and mixed native species including bimble box. In 2014 the area had found to have been overgrazed by sheep and feral goats.

History

Urisino was owned by Samuel Wilson in the 1860s. By 1883 the owners had spent £28,800 on improvements. In 1894 approximately 120,000 sheep were being shorn at Urisino. In 1913 the property was running sheep and was being managed by Mr Tooth who was also the manager of

Elsinora Elsinora Station, most commonly known as Elsinora, is a pastoral lease that has operated as both a sheep station and a cattle station in outback New South Wales. It is situated approximately north of White Cliffs and north west of Bourke cl ...

and

Thurloo Downs Thurloo Downs Station, most commonly known as Thurloo Downs, is a pastoral lease that has operated as both a sheep station and a cattle station in outback New South Wales. It is located approximately north of White Cliffs and north west of ...

Stations. Ursino was later a strategic watering hole for stock belonging to

Sidney Kidman Sir Sidney Kidman (9 May 18572 September 1935), known as Sid Kidman and popularly named "the Cattle King", was an Australian pastoralist and entrepreneur who owned or co-owned large areas of land in Australia in his lifetime. Early life Sidne ...

. Kidman acquired the property in 1918 along with Elsinora and Thurloo Downs from Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. and held it until 1923. The property occupied an area of in 1935 and received an average rainfall of . The station was abandoned and in disrepair in 1992 when it was acquired by Andrea Rudd and Paul Hansen. The pair restored the homestead making it suitable tourist accommodation. Since 2007 the station has been the focus of the largest carbon project in Australia's history; the Urisino Forest Regeneration Project. The project works to de-stock the

overgrazing Overgrazing occurs when plants are exposed to intensive grazing for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods. It can be caused by either livestock in poorly managed agricultural applications, game reserves, or nature ...

feral animals in a humane way, allowing the flora and fauna to recover from the previous drought-stricken state. It is recognised under the Australian Carbon Farming Initiative.

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History

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