| 词条 | South Galway Station |
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|position=top |lat_deg=25.66493|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=142.10797|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in Queensland}} South Galway Station and often referred to as South Galway and also once known as Galway Downs is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station. DescriptionIt is located about {{convert|64|km|mi|0}} south west of Windorah and {{convert|275|km|mi|0}} east of Birdsville in the Channel Country of Queensland. The property occupies an area of {{convert|4876|km2|sqmi|0}} of and is able to carry a herd of approximately 13,000 cattle. It is currently owned by the Australian Agricultural Company.[1] Situated along Cooper Creek approximately half the property is flooded river country and about one quarter is rolling downs. The remaining quarter is a mix of spinifex, red sand, mulga and hard hilly country. HistoryInitially established by Patrick and Michael Durack along with John Costello in 1873, the property was one of the first to be settled in the region. the area was struck by drought from 1897 to 1901.[2] The Duracks placed the property on the market in 1878 at which time in encompassed about {{convert|500|sqmi|km2|0}} and was stocked with approximately 3,000 head of cattle.[3] The property sold in about 1884 to the Queensland Cooperative Pastoral Company who placed it on the market when it went into liquidation along with several other properties including Thylungra, Buckingham Downs and Pikedale in 1886.[4] The property was purchased by the Schmidt family in 1937. In 1945 the station was hit by a rat plague which consumed six months worth of feed. The plague extended through the Cooper Country from Windorah to Durham Downs.[5] In 1951 a pilot from Trans Australia Airlines was hired by the station owner to ride the range in a de Havilland Dragon to rescue a mob of cattle threatened by floods. All the cattle but 300 were driven to higher ground saving the owner £10,000.[6] Bushfires ravaged the station later the same year with an area of over {{convert|1000|sqmi|km2|0}} being burnt out, stockmen from South Galway were at the fire front for five dys in an attempt to control the blaze.[7] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.aaco.com.au/operations/properties/qld/south-galway-station|title=South Galway Station|year=2012|accessdate=17 March 2013|publisher=Australian Agricultural Company}} {{Coord|25.66493|S|142.10797|E|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|display=title}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:211829/s00855804_1959_6_1_214.pdf|title=Pastoral Settlement of the far south-west of Queensland|author=K.T. Cameron|accessdate=4 May 2013|publisher=University of Queensland}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19777161 |title=Classified Advertising. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane.|date=9 November 1878 |accessdate=20 September 2014 |page=163 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19807988 |title=Classified Advertising. |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane|date=25 September 1886 |accessdate=20 September 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97090188|title=Rat plague in Cooper Country|newspaper=Queensland Country Life|date=29 March 1945 |accessdate=21 March 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18198726 |title=Air Cowboy Saves Cattle. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=10 February 1951 |accessdate=21 March 2013 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50224884 |title=Fires leap in Far West. |newspaper=The Courier-Mail |location=Brisbane|date=27 November 1951 |accessdate=21 March 2013 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4 : Stations (Australian agriculture)|Pastoral leases in Queensland|South West Queensland|1873 establishments in Australia |
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