| 词条 | Napier Downs |
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|position=bottom |lat_deg=17.3311|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=124.8148|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in Western Australia}}{{coord|17.3211|S|124.8148|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Napier Downs|display=title}} Napier Downs Station, commonly referred to as Napier Downs, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Kimberley region in Western Australia. Napier Downs is situated about {{convert|130|km|mi|0}} east of Derby[1] and {{convert|150|km|mi|0}} north west of Fitzroy Crossing and is accessed via the Gibb River Road. The property is mostly composed of black soil plains with the rocky ridges of the Napier Range running through the property.[2] The plains are savannah country with many gorges found between the ridges at the southern end of the range.[3] The {{convert|4047|km2|sqmi|0}} station stocked with 20,000 head of Red Brahman cattle was acquired by Kerry Stokes from Peter Leutenegger in 2015[1] for an estimated {{AUD}}23 million to {{AUD}}40 million.[2] Leutenegger, a former helicopter pilot, had worked in the region since 1980, and had acquired the property in 1992[3] after the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication program in the Kimberleys in the 1980s had led to many stations having to destock.[4] The property was established in the early 1880s by M. C. Davies and the Kimberley Pastoral Company also owned neighbouring Kimberley Downs Station.[5] In 1910 Napier Downs occupied an area of {{convert|900000|acre|km2|0}}, was stocked with 9,000 cattle, and was still owned by M. C. Davies.[6] The area was struck by drought in 1953, the station only receiving {{convert|1|in|mm|0}} rain when it normally received {{convert|25|in|mm|0}}. The grass was burnt beyond recovery resulting tin losses of stock.[7] In 1988 the homestead was the base camp for an expedition was carried out in the Napier Range by the Royal Geographical Society and the Linnaean Society involving 30 scientists.[8] See also
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/wa/a/29221765/stokes-joins-wa-cattle-drive/|title=Stokes joins WA cattle drive|author=Brad Thompson|date=20 August 2015|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=The West Australian|publisher=Yahoo7}} {{Stations of the Kimberley Western Australia}}2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.beefcentral.com/property/stokes-re-enters-northern-wa-cattle-industry-with-napier-downs-purchase/|title=Stokes re-enters northern WA cattle industry with Napier Downs purchase|author=Jon Condon|date=11 August 2015|accessdate=27 November 2015|work=Beef Central|publisher=Nascon Media Pty Ltd.}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.lands.wa.gov.au/Publications/Documents/Pastoral_Lines_Issue_No.4.pdf|title=Pastoral Lines|date=1 December 2005|accessdate=28 November 2015|issue=4|publisher=Department of Lands}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url= http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/cattle/beef/when-opportunity-knocks-let-it-in/2597608.aspx|title=When opportunity knocks, let it in|author=Travis King|date=22 June 2012|accessdate=26 November 2015|work=Farm Weekly|publisher=Fairfax Media}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56995166 |title=Concerning People |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=12 May 1913 |accessdate=27 November 2015 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57605589 |title=Notes from the North-West |newspaper=Sunday Times |location=Perth |date=11 September 1910 |accessdate=27 November 2015 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55791889 |title=Drought In Kimberley Area Continues. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=17 March 1953 |accessdate=28 November 2015 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101986671 |title=Research on a geological last frontier. |newspaper=Canberra Times |date=4 June 1988 |accessdate=28 November 2015 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3 : Stations (Australian agriculture)|Pastoral leases in Western Australia|Kimberley (Western Australia) |
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