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Giralia Station often referred to as Giralia is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station. It is located about south of Exmouth and north of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. The homestead is about from the North West Coastal Highway. The property shares boundaries with Marrilla, Bullara and Yanrey Stations, it also has frontage onto Exmouth Gulf. The property occupies an area of of which about half is sand plains and the rest made up of dunes, limestone plains and stony plains all of which are suitable for grazing.〔 The station was originally established in 1888 the lease encompassed an area of and was taken up by the H. R. Frencry and Company. Construction of a homestead commenced in 1910 and was extended to its present size in 1916. By 1930 the property was carrying a flock of 44,000 sheep and produced a clip of 700 bales of wool during shearing. Giralia turned to tourist accommodation after being acquired by the Department of Conservation and Land Management in 2002 and has been managed as a national park. The Blake family remain on the property to run the tourist ventue. In 2011 a massive bushfire that consumed an area of came to within of the homestead. ==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「Giralia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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