Wallerberdina Station

Wallerberdina Station is located in South Australia
Wallerberdina Station
Wallerberdina Station
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Location in South Australia

Wallerberdina Station, commonly known as Wallerberdina, is a pastoral lease that operates as a

The property is located approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Hawker and 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Quorn, sharing boundaries with Yappala Station[1] and Moralana Station.[2]

The property features open terrain with vegetation such as blue bush, cotton bush, black oak, copper burr, native clovers interspersed with sandy ridges. Permanent water livestock is sourced from Hookina Creek and two bores. It is equipped with a four stand shearing shed, cattle and sheep yards, quarters for 12 workers, and a four- bedroom homestead. The station is suitable for sheep or cattle, with annual average carrying equivalent 6000 sheep or 400 cattle.[3]

The property was established before 1878,[4] Wallerberdina was initially stocked with sheep and producing wool, under the ownership of Gooch and Hayward.[5] By 1879, ownership had transferred to Messrs.Hayward, Armstrong and Browne, who were selling merino wethers.[6] In 1880 the government resumed 59 square miles (37,760 acres) of land, a reduction that[7] took effect by 1887.[8]

The property now covers 23,580 hectares (58,267 acres).[3][1] In 2015, it was owned by South Australian Senator and Liberal Party president Grant Chapman.[1]

That year, Wallerberdina was short-listed as one of three potential sites for the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility.[9][10][11][12] However, the project was scrapped in 2019 due to community opposition.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Daniel Keane (17 November 2015). "Proposed Flinders Ranges nuclear site identified as pastoral property belonging to former Liberal senator Grant Chapman". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  2. ^ Jane Norman (29 April 2016). "Nuclear dump: Barndioota station in SA earmarked as site of waste facility". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Wallerberdina Station, Hawker, SA 5434". realestate.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  4. ^ "The Ministerial programme". South Australian Register. Vol. XLIII, no. 9775. South Australia. 14 March 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Advertising". Port Augusta Dispatch. Vol. 1, no. 51. South Australia. 3 August 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Stock report December 11". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XXVI, no. 1993. South Australia. 13 December 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Pastoral". South Australian Register. Vol. XLV, no. 10, 357. South Australia. 24 January 1880. p. 2 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Report of the Pasotral Board". Kapunda Herald. Vol. XXIII, no. 1989. South Australia. 5 August 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Wallerberdina Station, near Hawker, South Australia". National Radioactive Waste Management Facility. Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Proposed Flinders Ranges nuclear site identified as pastoral property belonging to former Liberal senator Grant Chapman - ABC News". ABC News. 16 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Hawker locals reject nuclear dump proposed for Wallerberdina station at packed public meeting - ABC News". ABC News. 7 May 2016.
  12. ^ "Australian Radioactive Waste Agency". 21 July 2020.
  13. ^ Commons Librarian (22 December 2023). "Campaigns that Changed South Australia". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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