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Mount Hart Station
16°49′23″S 124°54′47″E / 16.823°S 124.913°E Mount Hart Station, commonly referred to as Mount Hart, is a defunct pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in Western Australia. The lands are part of a conservation area and the homestead operates as a wilderness lodge for tourists.
It is situated about 146 kilometres (91 mi) east of Derby and 330 kilometres (205 mi) north west of Halls Creek, in the heart of the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges in the Kimberley region. The property is accessed via the Gibb River Road and the homestead is situated on the banks of the Barker River. Mount Hart shares a boundary with Charnley River Station.
The property once occupied an area of 4,047 square kilometres (1,563 sq mi).
Frank Hann was the first European to cross the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges, then named as King Leopold Ranges, in 1898 via an 18-kilometre (11 mi) pass.
The station was established prior to 1906 when Robert Brown was the manager. Brown was in partnership with Felix Edgar and William Chalmers, who together owned the station.
In 1906 the homestead was broken into twice, and the contents stolen. Brown made a report to the local police, who tracked the Aboriginal people responsible to their camp along the Charnley River and killed a man who tried to spear them. Another nine men were arrested and two females were detained, and all the equipment, including a double-barrelled shotgun, was recovered.
Relationships between the settlers and the traditional owners further deteriorated in 1910 when Brown sent an urgent message to Edgar that a group of 100 had taken possession of the station and the cattle had gone.
Chalmers was found fatally shot at Mount Hart in 1933. He had been ill for some time.
Mount Hart Station
16°49′23″S 124°54′47″E / 16.823°S 124.913°E Mount Hart Station, commonly referred to as Mount Hart, is a defunct pastoral lease that once operated as a cattle station in Western Australia. The lands are part of a conservation area and the homestead operates as a wilderness lodge for tourists.
It is situated about 146 kilometres (91 mi) east of Derby and 330 kilometres (205 mi) north west of Halls Creek, in the heart of the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges in the Kimberley region. The property is accessed via the Gibb River Road and the homestead is situated on the banks of the Barker River. Mount Hart shares a boundary with Charnley River Station.
The property once occupied an area of 4,047 square kilometres (1,563 sq mi).
Frank Hann was the first European to cross the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges, then named as King Leopold Ranges, in 1898 via an 18-kilometre (11 mi) pass.
The station was established prior to 1906 when Robert Brown was the manager. Brown was in partnership with Felix Edgar and William Chalmers, who together owned the station.
In 1906 the homestead was broken into twice, and the contents stolen. Brown made a report to the local police, who tracked the Aboriginal people responsible to their camp along the Charnley River and killed a man who tried to spear them. Another nine men were arrested and two females were detained, and all the equipment, including a double-barrelled shotgun, was recovered.
Relationships between the settlers and the traditional owners further deteriorated in 1910 when Brown sent an urgent message to Edgar that a group of 100 had taken possession of the station and the cattle had gone.
Chalmers was found fatally shot at Mount Hart in 1933. He had been ill for some time.
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