It is situated 79 kilometres (49 mi) south of Aputula and 151 kilometres (94 mi) east of Kulgera. The area is hilly and has a better average rainfall than much of the surrounding country. The rarely dry waterhole, the Eringa waterhole, was once situated within the boundaries of the station.[1]
History
Established at some time prior to 1879 it was owned by Arthur Treloar and J. J. Duncan, with Treloar managing the property.[2] By 1886 Eringa was stocked with 4,000 head of cattle and 150 horses.[3]
The 5,430-square-kilometre (2,096 sq mi)[4] property was acquired in 1899 by Sidney Kidman, in the same year he also acquired Austral Downs and Carcoory Stations.[5] Kidman named his home in Kapunda, which he acquired around 1900, after this property.[6]
In 1908 the property occupied an area of 2,820 square kilometres (1,088 sq mi).[7] The area had excellent rains in 1910 with over 100 millimetres (4 in) being recorded over a few days with creeks in the area all flooding.[8]
In 1955 the 9,100-square-kilometre (3,500 sq mi) station was being managed by Mr. W. L. Franklin and was running 5,000 head of cattle.[9]
The station buildings are now derelict and the leasehold is part of the 7,700-square-kilometre (3,000 sq mi) Hamilton Station.[10]
The land occupying the extent of the Eringa Station pastoral lease was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Eringa".[11]
