Wyloo Station, often referred to as Wyloo and previously known as Peake, 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 ...

and

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 of Pannawonica and west of Paraburdoo in the

Pilbara The Pilbara () is a large, dry, sparsely populated regions of Western Australia, region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people; wealth disparity; its ancient landscapes; the prevailing r ...

region of

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. Wyloo occupies an area of and shares boundaries with Ashburton Downs, Kooline, Mount Stuart,

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and Glenflorrie Stations. Peake Station was established prior to 1897 and was trading in sheep at that time. The station was owned by the McGrath family in 1907 when the area received good rains following a

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hitting the coast. The Wyloo Pastoral Company was established in 1927 when the company was registered with £10,000 of capital raised on 10,000 shares. The company acquired the property known as Peake Station later the same year. Peake was renamed shortly afterwards to Wyloo. George Monger was appointed manager of Wyloo and Hardey Junction Station the following year, following substantial improvements. Mervyn Forrest was a part owner of both Wyloo and

Minderoo Station Minderoo Station, commonly referred to as Minderoo, is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. Description It is situated about south of Onslow, Western Australia, Onsl ...

s in 1928. A new shearing shed was built in 1935 at Loghut, an outstation of Wyloo; the 12-stand shed put through a total of 29,000 sheep during shearing that year. In 1936 a total of 20,770 sheep were shorn after a dry season. In 1946 Wyloo was put up for auction; at the time it occupied an area of and was divided into 34 paddocks with of fencing. About was fenced for sheep with the remainder for cattle. Stock were watered by several permanent and semi-permanent waterholes along with 30 wells and 25 bores. The station had a stone homestead, men's quarters, two drafting yards and two shearing sheds. It was advertised as being capable of carrying 30,000 sheep and 2,000 cattle, but after a long

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was only carrying 2,000 sheep and 1,000 cattle. Drought conditions were experienced through the area in 1954, including one day where a temperature of was recorded at Wyloo. Wyloo has been owned by the Pensini family since 1976, but the western half of the property was sold off in early 2001. The eastern half of the property, now called Cheela Plains, is a

run by Evan Pensini.

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{{Stations of the Pilbara Western Australia Stations in the Pilbara

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