| 词条 | Crown Point Station |
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|position=top |lat_deg=25.5017|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=134.3848|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in Northern Territory}}{{coord|25.5017|S|134.3848|E|type:landmark_region:NT|name=Crown Point Station|display=title}} Crown Point Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Alice Springs region of the Northern Territory. DescriptionIt is situated {{convert|22|km|mi|0}} north west of Aputula and {{convert|115|km|mi|0}} east of Kulgera. The ephemeral Finke River flows through the property which is bordered by Engoordina Station.[1] The property is named after Crown Point, a pyramid shaped hill with flattened apex,[2] near to a gorge along the Finke.[2] The country is mostly gently undulating well covered by Mitchell grass and other fodder suitable for stock.[3] HistoryThe property was established at some time prior to 1886 at which time it was owned by Messrs Willoby, Harding and Co.[4] The station was stocked with 3,000 head of cattle, 250 horses and 200 goats.[5] The owner of the property in 1890 was James Cowan who,along with another man named Bullimore, was killed in a railway accident the same year.[6] The property occupied an area of {{convert|4500|sqmi|km2|0}} and was stocked with approximately 7.000 head of cattle and was being managed by Mr Ross.[7] Drought struck the area in 1892 but this was followed by successive good seasons from 1893 to 1897.[8] By 1910 the owner of the property was Horace Cowan and it was being managed by Richard Taylor.[9] The property was placed on the market in 1937 when it occupied an area of {{convert|4646|sqmi|km2|0}}. Stock were watered by the Bloodwood Bore and 17 other wells as well as the Finke and Goyder Rivers.[10] See also
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44562430 |title=The sources of the Finke River |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=7 June 1886 |accessdate=2 September 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45853253 |title=The dark places of the Australian Bush |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=16 November 1886 |accessdate=2 September 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37174891 |title=Mr. S. Newland's trip to the Far North |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=13 June 1887 |accessdate=2 September 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36327871 |title=Market reports |newspaper=The South Australian Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=7 May 1886 |accessdate=2 September 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article44570517 |title=The Northern Territory |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=30 September 1886 |accessdate=2 September 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53630842 |title=The smoke signals of the Australian Aborigines|newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide |date=24 October 1893 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 7. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148119945 |title=The Pastoral Land Commission |newspaper=The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser |location=South Australia |date=29 May 1891 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56761342 |title=Pastoral Pioneering |newspaper=The Register |location=Adelaide |date=26 September 1928 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5241862 |title=Unlawful branding |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=9 March 1910 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141807746 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Australasian |location=Melbourne|date=31 July 1937 |accessdate=3 September 2014 |page=36 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 2 : Pastoral leases in the Northern Territory|Stations (Australian agriculture) |
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