Oulnina

Oulnina
Location in South Australia

Coordinates: 32°30′48″S 140°03′11″E / 32.51325°S 140.05297°E / -32.51325; 140.05297 (Oulnina)

Oulnina Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in South Australia.

It is situated approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) south east of Mannahill and 47 kilometres (29 mi) east of Yunta.

The property had been extablished prior to 1861, in 1862 Henry Lorenzo Sprigg owned the station.[1] Sprigg struck financial problems in 1867[2] and by 1868 both Oulnina and Wadnaminga Stations were put up for sale.[3] The two runs occupied a combined area of 900 square miles (2,331 km2) and were stocked with a total of 21,800 sheep. The property had woolshed, huts, yards and 14 wells.[2] The stations were acquired by Philip Levi and Co. who put them up for sale along with many other of their properties in 1870. At this time Oulnina and Wadnaminga were stocked with 17,000 sheep.[4] The area was struck by a plague of grasshoppers in 1872 with most of the available feed for stock being lost.[5] In 1880, a total of 59,095 sheep were shorn at Oulnina.[6]

Gold was found on Oulnina in 1885 with syndicate being formed shortly afterward to work the claim.[7]

In 1890 only 16,092 sheep were shorn at the property.[6]

In 1897 the property comprised 797 square miles (2,064 km2) and was divided into 17 paddocks. The flock at the time was estimated to be 40,000 sheep.[6]

In 1907 the property was acquired by W. J. McBride from the executors or W. H. Duncan's estate. Oulnina occupied an area of 737 square miles (1,909 km2) and was stocked with 38,597 sheep, 62 cattle and 64 horses. It has been divided into 38 paddocks and was fully frenced. Stock could be watered from 9 wells or 26 dams with one permanent spring. McBride paid £53,300 for the property.[8]

In 1911[9] the property was acquired, along with nearby Outlapa Station, by Robert Crawford who purchased them from R. J. McBride.[10] The stations had a combined area of 1,651 square miles (4,276 km2) and was stocked with 93,000 sheep, 100 horses and 100 cattle.[9] Crawford intended to sub-divide Oulnina into 11 separate blocks and sell them.[11] Oulnina comprised 776 square miles (2,010 km2) and was divided into blocks with the largest being113 square miles (293 km2) are put up for sale shortly afterward.[12]

Many of the leases, collectively known as Oulnina Park, were acquired by J. G. Terry who sold them off in 1917.[13] George Brooks acquired many of these, including the homestead block when it occupied an area of approximately 300 square miles (777 km2), and retained it until his death in 1926.[14]

Maurice Francis was the owner of the property in 2013.[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Advertising.". South Australian Weekly Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 November 1862. p. 1. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Advertising.". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 March 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Advertising.". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 October 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Advertising.". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "New Books". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 April 1872. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Pastoral Industry". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 20 July 1897. p. 5. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Advertiser". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 December 1885. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Big Station sold". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 January 1907. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Items of News.". The Border Watch. Mount Gambier, South Australia: National Library of Australia. 18 February 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Robert Crawford, b. April 1859, Auchtermurty Scotland". eHive. 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Stations near Mannahill.". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, New South Wales: National Library of Australia. 15 February 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "Advertising.". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 February 1911. p. 26. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Land Sales". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 28 September 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  14. ↑ "Brooks, George (1849–1926)". Obituaries Australia. Australian National University. 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  15. ↑ Alistair Lawson (22 November 2013). "Ewes to $144 at Yelta". The Land. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
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