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Carlton Hill Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station located in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Situated approximately to the north-west of Kununurra and east of Wyndham, the station covers an area of .〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Carlton Hill )〕 The property is split in two by the Ord River as it flows from Lake Argyle to the Cambridge Gulf, a neighbouring property is Ivanhoe Station which is also owned by the Consolidated Pastoral Company. The alluvial flats and black soil plains support rich stands of couch and buffel which make good grazing feed. Carlton Hill and Ivanhoe Station are able to support 50,000 head of cattle including 18,000 Brahman breeders The station is able to turn off 9,000 steers per annum for live export to Asia and the Middle East. Presently owned by the Consolidated Pastoral Company the station was initially established by Patrick Durack and his brother Michael who founded the station in 1893. By 1901 the station was carrying about 3,000 head of cattle. The Sidney Kidman company Bovril Australian Estates purchased Carlton Hill in 1909 along with another two stations, one being Northcote and the other in Northern Territory called Victoria River Downs for a total of £200,000. In 2010, the station manager was Stirling Fearon, who oversaw the 20 strong crew that completed that year's muster. The muster is mostly carried out on horseback using the station stock horses. Director Baz Luhrmann used House Roof Hill which stands behind the horse arena as a back drop for the fictional Faraway Downs homestead in his film Australia. The station is open for tours during the Ord Valley Muster. During the tour customers are invited to the ''Hoochery'', a family operated distillery, and the oldent legal Still in Western Australia. ==See also== *List of ranches and stations 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carlton Hill Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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