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Middalya Station


Coordinates: 23°54′22″S 114°46′05″E / 23.906°S 114.768°E / -23.906; 114.768 (Binthalya) Middalya Station is a pastoral lease that opeates as a sheep station in Western Australia.

It was located 132 kilometres (82 mi) south east of Coral Bay and 256 kilometres (159 mi) north east of Denham in the Gascoyne region. The Minilya River runs through the property. The traditional owners of the area are the Tharrkari people who currently lease and manage Ullawarra station.

Occupying an area of 1,977 square kilometres (763 sq mi), approximately 1,655 square kilometres (639 sq mi) of the rangeland is described as being in good or fair condition. It is able to be stocked with 19,350 sheep with a flock of 15,200 being recommended. It is composed of sandplains, alluvial and stony plains and hills.

In 1887 the property was stocked with 6,000 sheep which produced 87 bales of wool, by 1890 the flock had increased to 16,000 producing 220 bales. J. H. Mansfield who had previously managed Karratha Station and later owned Maroonah Station was managing Middalya in the 1880s.

Douglas John Hearman acquired Middalya at some time prior to 1897.


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