- Source: Rocklands Station
Rocklands Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station along the border of the Northern Territory and Queensland in the Barkly Tableland region. The station was established in 1864 by brothers James and George Sutherland.
It is situated about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Camooweal and 120 kilometres (75 mi) north east of Alpurrurulam. The property shares a boundary with Adder and Avon Downs Station to the west, Alexandria Station to the north and Austral Downs to the south. The Herbert River flows through the middle of the property. The Barkly Highway runs through the southern end of the property.
Rockland
The 6,679 km2 (2,579 sq mi) property was acquired by the Paraway Pastoral Company from the Western Grazing Company in 2016 along with Tanbar Station for A$130 million. The property was stocked with 35,000 head of Brahman, Brahman cross Santa, Charbray and Senegus cattle.
Western Grazing acquired Rocklands, from the Stanbroke Pastoral Company, in 2004 at the same time Tanbar.
Rocklands Station records are held in the State Library of Queensland
See also
List of ranches and stations
References
External links
Tommy Saville interviewed by Bruce Simpson and Bill Gammage in the Drovers oral history project, 15 July 2001, National Library of Australia. Oral history Tommy Saville, who worked at Rocklands Station as a stockman
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Rocklands Station
- List of ranches and stations
- Rockland County, New York
- Rockland station
- Hodgkinson's Marked Tree
- Rockland, Maine
- Alexandria Station (Northern Territory)
- Tanbar Station
- Camooweal
- Rockland, Massachusetts
