|
Carriewerloo Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in South Australia. It is situated approximately north of Iron Knob and west of Port Augusta. The property was established at some time prior to 1863 when it was owned by James Loudon. In 1865, the property was sold at auction. At this time it occupied an area of and was carrying 5,272 head of sheep. George Charles Hawker acquired the station in 1869 and spent a lot of time and money in improving it.〔 The Hawker brothers put Carriewerloo on the market in 1906 along with Parallana, Kolendoa and Moonaree Stations. At his time Carriewerloo occupied an area of of first class saltbush country. It was stocked with 33,000 Bungaree bred sheep. Scenes from the film The Sundowners were filmed at the property in 1959 and 1960. In 2007 the property was owned by the Michael family. It was carrying a flock of about 25,000 sheep with shearing producing approximately of wool with an average thickness of 22 microns. ==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「Carriewerloo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|