Annandale Station,most commonly known asAnnandale,is apastoral leasethat operates as acattle stationin central westQueensland.It is located on the tribal lands of theWongkamala.
The property is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) westBirdsvilleand 350 kilometres (217 mi) south ofBouliain theChannel CountryofQueensland.
History
editThe station was the first established in the area when Patrick Drinan took up the run in July 1876. Other properties were settled soon afterwards including Kaliduwarry andGlengyle Stations.[1]The station was named after his family's estate,Annandale,inGladstone.
Drinan sold the property to the Collins brothers the following year. The Collins brothers then sold Annandale to Edward Wienholt in 1881; Wienholt was a well-knownpastoralistand held properties such asKatandra,WarendaandSaltern Creek.[1]The property was purchased in 1896 bySidney Kidman,the first property he purchased in Queensland;[2]he later invested heavily in other properties throughout the channel country.[3]
In 1911 the area was hit by a drought, with Annandale receiving only 0.18 inches (5 mm) of rain in the first seven months of the year.[4]Between 1914 and 1916 the area was again struck bydrought;about 10,000 cattle died on the station during this time. Kidman lost over 75,000 head of stock on all of his properties through the channel country includingDiamantina Lakes,Durham Downs,Innaminckaand Sandringham Stations. Suffering financially, Kidman sold the property in 1918; the property occupied an area of 2,574 square miles (6,667 km2) at this time.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^abS.E. Pearson (1937)."The South West Corner of Queensland"(PDF).University of Queensland.Retrieved4 May2013.
- ^Evan McHugh (2011).Birdsville: My Year in the Back of Beyond.ReadHowYouWant.com.ISBN9781459621374.
- ^"Stock Crossings".South Australian Register.Adelaide. 11 May 1898. p. 7.Retrieved4 May2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ^"Drought in Queensland".The Chronicle.Adelaide. 29 July 1911. p. 12.Retrieved14 May2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ^Jill Bowen (2010).Kidman The Forgotten King.HarperCollins.ISBN9780730445173.