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Quobba
24°23.728′S 113°24.597′E / 24.395467°S 113.409950°E
Quobba Station, most commonly referred to as Quobba, is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Western Australia. It was originally owned by Charles Augustus Fane and Charles Eugene Fane, who named it Point Charles.
The property is situated approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Carnarvon and 144 kilometres (89 mi) south of Coral Bay at the southern tip of the Ningaloo Reef Marine Park in the Gascoyne region. It is bounded by Boolathana Station and Lake Macleod to the east and the south, Gnaraloo to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the west. The property is the most westerly station in Australia.
The station has a boundary that runs north to south along the coast for a length of 180 kilometres (112 mi) and has a width of between 10 and 12 kilometres (6.2 and 7.5 mi). The area is composed of coastal rangeland vegetated in saltbush, karara and buffalo grass.
Quobba was established in 1898 by Charles Augustus Fane and currently occupies an area of 187,000 acres (76,000 ha). The station was previously known as Point Charles Station after Charles Augustus Fane, who transferred the ownership to Charles Eugene Fane and Dan Powell in 1909. French and Baston acquired the station and the sheep from Charles Eugene Fane in 1923.
The property was owned by George Baston and Leonard French in 1923. In 1925, over 8,000 sheep were shorn at Quobba. In 1929 French died following a long illness. Baston died in 1940 and left the property to his son Keith.
In 1941 following the battle between the German auxiliary cruise Kormoran and the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney, survivors from Kormoran came ashore in a 46-man cutter near 17-Mile Well and a 57-man lifeboat near Red Bluff. After being alerted by the Royal Australian Air Force to the presence of the survivors, staff at Quobba, together with a number of officials, rounded up both groups that had made landfall, who did not resist capture.
The Meecham family acquired the property in 1977 and switched from rearing merino sheep for wool to damara sheep for meat. As of 2015[update] the property has a flock of approximately 10,000 damaras.
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Quobba
24°23.728′S 113°24.597′E / 24.395467°S 113.409950°E
Quobba Station, most commonly referred to as Quobba, is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Western Australia. It was originally owned by Charles Augustus Fane and Charles Eugene Fane, who named it Point Charles.
The property is situated approximately 60 kilometres (37 mi) north of Carnarvon and 144 kilometres (89 mi) south of Coral Bay at the southern tip of the Ningaloo Reef Marine Park in the Gascoyne region. It is bounded by Boolathana Station and Lake Macleod to the east and the south, Gnaraloo to the north, and the Indian Ocean to the west. The property is the most westerly station in Australia.
The station has a boundary that runs north to south along the coast for a length of 180 kilometres (112 mi) and has a width of between 10 and 12 kilometres (6.2 and 7.5 mi). The area is composed of coastal rangeland vegetated in saltbush, karara and buffalo grass.
Quobba was established in 1898 by Charles Augustus Fane and currently occupies an area of 187,000 acres (76,000 ha). The station was previously known as Point Charles Station after Charles Augustus Fane, who transferred the ownership to Charles Eugene Fane and Dan Powell in 1909. French and Baston acquired the station and the sheep from Charles Eugene Fane in 1923.
The property was owned by George Baston and Leonard French in 1923. In 1925, over 8,000 sheep were shorn at Quobba. In 1929 French died following a long illness. Baston died in 1940 and left the property to his son Keith.
In 1941 following the battle between the German auxiliary cruise Kormoran and the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney, survivors from Kormoran came ashore in a 46-man cutter near 17-Mile Well and a 57-man lifeboat near Red Bluff. After being alerted by the Royal Australian Air Force to the presence of the survivors, staff at Quobba, together with a number of officials, rounded up both groups that had made landfall, who did not resist capture.
The Meecham family acquired the property in 1977 and switched from rearing merino sheep for wool to damara sheep for meat. As of 2015[update] the property has a flock of approximately 10,000 damaras.
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