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Carnegie Station
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25°47′46″S 122°58′30″E / 25.796°S 122.975°E
Carnegie Station (25°47'45.0"S 122°58'31.1"E), or Carnegie pastoral lease, is located north of Laverton and east of Wiluna in Western Australia and is the most eastern of pastoral leases found on the Gunbarrel Highway.
In some sources it is identified as Carnegie, with the features including a homestead, outstation, outcamp, woolshed, and Aboriginal outstation.
The area of the station is also within the Wiluna Native Title Claim area, also known as the Martu claim that was clarified in 2013.[1]
The Carnegie Station Airport is located approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of the homestead.[2]
Geography
[edit]Located on the western edge of the Gibson Desert and the southern edge of the Little Sandy Desert, it is situated on the eastern side of the Lady Lawley Range, north of Lake Carnegie and is found at the western terminus of the original Gunbarrel Highway.[3]
Climate
[edit]Carnegie has a subtropical desert climate (Köppen: BWh) with very hot, slightly wetter summers and mild, dry winters.[4] Expectedly, the station is very sunny. On average, it receives 179.4 clear days and only 66.1 cloudy days per annum. Extreme temperatures ranged from 47.8 °C (118.0 °F) on 14 January 2022 to −3.6 °C (25.5 °F) on 14 June 2006. The wettest recorded day was 10 January 2006 with 270.0 mm (10.63 in) of rainfall.[5]
| Climate data for Carnegie (25°48′S 122°59′E / 25.80°S 122.98°E) (448 m (1,470 ft) AMSL) (1942-2025) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 47.8 (118.0) |
47.2 (117.0) |
45.5 (113.9) |
40.5 (104.9) |
35.6 (96.1) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.2 (88.2) |
35.0 (95.0) |
40.1 (104.2) |
43.6 (110.5) |
44.6 (112.3) |
46.5 (115.7) |
47.8 (118.0) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 38.7 (101.7) |
37.4 (99.3) |
34.6 (94.3) |
30.3 (86.5) |
25.3 (77.5) |
21.2 (70.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
24.3 (75.7) |
28.9 (84.0) |
33.1 (91.6) |
35.8 (96.4) |
37.8 (100.0) |
30.8 (87.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 24.0 (75.2) |
23.1 (73.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.2 (61.2) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.1 (44.8) |
5.9 (42.6) |
7.4 (45.3) |
11.6 (52.9) |
16.4 (61.5) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
15.4 (59.7) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 13.4 (56.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.2 (41.4) |
2.4 (36.3) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
−2.7 (27.1) |
−1.2 (29.8) |
1.8 (35.2) |
3.8 (38.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
11.8 (53.2) |
−3.6 (25.5) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 38.0 (1.50) |
51.0 (2.01) |
35.0 (1.38) |
23.1 (0.91) |
16.3 (0.64) |
14.6 (0.57) |
11.0 (0.43) |
7.7 (0.30) |
4.3 (0.17) |
7.4 (0.29) |
14.3 (0.56) |
25.4 (1.00) |
248.2 (9.77) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.2 mm) | 4.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 35.8 |
| Average afternoon relative humidity (%) | 25 | 29 | 28 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 27 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.1 (50.2) |
9.2 (48.6) |
5.8 (42.4) |
3.9 (39.0) |
2.1 (35.8) |
0.7 (33.3) |
1.0 (33.8) |
1.8 (35.2) |
5.0 (41.0) |
9.1 (48.4) |
5.9 (42.6) |
| Source: Bureau of Meteorology (1942-2025)[6] | |||||||||||||
History
[edit]The history of the station is related to the history of the Linke family.[7]
Due to its isolated location, artefacts from explorers and earlier travels are known to have been observed or found in the station area,[8] as well as more recently, lost or ill-equipped travellers in the area.[9]
In 1940, G Lanagan and his wife drove 800 cattle from the Kimberley to the station, a distance of 900 miles (1,400 km), utilising in part the Canning Stock Route.[10]
Notes
[edit]- ^ map 198–199 of Hema Maps (Firm); Zell, Len; Glover, Ian (Ian Thomas), 1949-; Sakker, Elizabeth; Wild Discovery Guides (Firm) (2007), Australia's great desert tracks atlas & guide (1st ed.), Hema Maps & Wild Discovery Guides, ISBN 978-1-86500-382-5
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ http://www.ga.gov.au/place-names/index.xhtml.Record ID:GA31433
- ^ Shephard, Mark (1998). A Lifetime in the Bush:The biography of Len Beadell. Adelaide: Corkwood Press. p. 68. ISBN 1876247053.
- ^ "Climate classification maps: Köppen - all classes". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Carnegie Climate (1942-2025)". FarmOnline Weather. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Carnegie Climate Statistics (1942-2025)". Bureau of Meteorology. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ Linke, Gladys (1996), And if her droughts are bitter, Hesperian Press, ISBN 978-0-85905-228-3
- ^ "Natives Talk Of A Dray". The West Australian. Perth. 17 July 1953. p. 10. Retrieved 10 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Tourist found". The Canberra Times. 3 January 1994. p. 1. Retrieved 10 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "CANNING STOCK ROUTE". The West Australian. Perth. 30 September 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 10 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.