List of the largest stations in Australia

This is a list of the largest stations in Australia, which includes stations with an area in excess of .

All of the largest pastoral leases are located in the states of Queensland (Qld), South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA); or in the Northern Territory (NT).

The vast majority are cattle stations, with no sheep stations among the ten largest. Most of the properties are owned by pastoral companies such as Australian Agricultural Company, Consolidated Pastoral Company, S Kidman & Company, North Australian Pastoral Company, Heytesbury, Paraway Pastoral Company and the Jumbuck Pastoral Company.

This list includes the stations in Australia by virtue of area:

Rank Station State Area (km2) Area (mi2) Area (acre) Stock Year est. Notes References 1Anna Creek SA Cattle 1863 Grazed sheep originally, world's largest station. Area includes both Anna Creek and the Peake outstation combined. 2 Clifton Hills SA Cattle before 1881 Second largest station in SA 3 Alexandria NT Cattle 1877 Largest station in NT 4 Davenport Downs Qld Cattle before 1878 Largest station in Queensland. Area includes both Davenport Downs and Springvale station combined. 5 Home Valley WA Cattle 1926 Largest station in WA. Area includes Home Valley, Karunjie and Durack River stations combined. Owned by Indigenous Land Corporation. 6 Innamincka SA Cattle 1872 Third largest station in SA. Size once estimated at 7 Wave Hill NT Cattle 1883 Second largest station in NT 8 Marion Downs Qld Cattle before 1878 Second largest station in Queensland 9 Brunette Downs NT Cattle 1883 Third largest station in NT 10 Quinyambie SA Cattle 1872 Area quoted is maximum figure quoted as nearly 3 million acres 11 De Grey Station WA Cattle 1869 Second largest station in WA. Area figure may be disputed, in 1886 the area quoted was "nearly three millions of acres", and would include the Pardoo outstation 12 Lake Nash NT Cattle before 1879 Area includes the Lake Nash, Georgina Downs and Argadargada leases. 13 Macumba SA Cattle before 1874 14 Andado NT Cattle 1880 15 Bulloo Downs Qld Cattle 1884 15 Newcastle Waters NT Cattle 1883 Area includes the Powell Creek and Tandyidgee pastoral leases. 16 Helen Springs NT Cattle before 1885 Area includes both Helen Springs and Brunchilly outstation combined. 17 Rawlinna WA Sheep 1962 Largest sheep station in WA, Australia and World 18 Headingly Station Qld Cattle 1881 Area includes Headingly, Carandotta and Wolgra leases 19 Commonwealth Hill Station SA Sheep 1890 Area includes both Commonwealth Hill and Mobella outstation combined. Biggest sheep station in SA, second largest sheep station in Australia 20 Walhallow Station NT Cattle 1881 21 Ruby Plains WA Cattle 1889 Area includes both Ruby Plains and Sturt Creek outstation combined. 22 Anthony Lagoon & Eva Downs NT Cattle ? Both Anthony Lagoon and Eva Downs operate as one entity 23 Strathmore Qld Cattle ? Largest single pastoral lease in Queensland 24 Durham Downs Qld Cattle 1873 25 Victoria River Downs NT Cattle 1880 At one time was the largest station in Australia and the world covering 41,000 km2 26 Adria Downs Qld Cattle before 1912 27 Nockatunga Qld Cattle 1870 28 Tanbar Qld Cattle before 1884 29 Manners Creek NT Cattle 1880 29 Cordillo Downs SA Cattle 1872 Grazed sheep until 1942 and was once regarded as Australia's largest sheep station. 30 Dunbar Qld Cattle before 1883 31 Arrabury Qld Cattle before 1887 32 Naryilco Qld Cattle before 1880 33 Mount Doreen NT Cattle 1932 34 Nappa Merrie Qld Cattle 1871 35Todmorden StationSA7,1692,7681,771,000Cattle 36Madura WA Sheep 1876 Originally settled to breed horses for British Army in India 37 Gogo WA Cattle 1885 38 Billa Kalina SA Cattle ? Includes the Miller's Creek lease. 39 Mittiebah NT Cattle 1877 40 Glenormiston Qld Cattle before 1881 41 Balfour Downs WA Cattle before 1910 42 Durrie Station Qld Cattle before 1908 43 Moola Bulla WA Cattle 1910 44 Stuart Creek SA Cattle 45 Milly Milly WA Sheep before 1879 Also has a small herd of cattle 46 Coorabulka Qld Cattle before 1882 47 Morney Plains Qld Cattle before 1876 48 Etadunna Qld Cattle before 1867 49 Tobermorey NT Cattle before 1911 50 Mount Margaret Qld Cattle before 1925 Has also previously been used for grazing sheep 51 Keeroongooloo Qld Cattle 1871 Has also previously been used for grazing horses when established 52 Mulka SA Cattle before 1889 53 Elsey NT Cattle 1879 The station that inspired the story and film We of the Never Never 54 Henbury NT Cattle 1875 Became a conservation area in 2011 55 Limbunya NT Cattle before 1923 56 Argadargada NT Cattle 1951 57 Diamantina Lakes Qld Cattle 1876 Now a National Park 58 Meda WA Cattle before 1883 59 Tanumbirini NT Cattle before 1908 60 South Galway Station Qld Cattle Before 1884 61 Calvert Hills Station NT Cattle 62 Three Rivers WA Sheep 1884 63 Wilgena SA Sheep before 1909 Once used to graze cattle 64 Austral Downs NT Cattle 1883 65 Canobie Qld Cattle 1864 66 Alroy Downs NT Cattle 1877 67 Tanami Downs NT Cattle before 1911 Formerly known as Mongrel Downs 68 Auvergne NT Cattle before 1886 69 Curtin Springs NT Cattle 1930s 70 Millungera Qld Cattle 1880 71 Drysdale River WA Cattle 1882 72 Banjawarn WA Sheep 1903 73 El Questro Wilderness Park WA Cattle 1903 The park still runs 8,000 head of cattle. 74 Louisa Downs WA Cattle before 1933 75 Noonkanbah WA Cattle 1880s

See also

List of pastoral leases in the Northern Territory List of pastoral leases in Western Australia Pastoral lease

References