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Moorarie Station most commonly referred to as Moorarie is a pastoral lease currently operating as a sheep station in Western Australia. The property is situated approximately north west of Meekatharra and south of Paraburdoo in the Mid West region. It is watered by the southern branch Murchison River and is bounded by Pindeerie Station, which in turn adjoins Nookawarra Station. The station was first established by the Butchers in 1876 along with Beringarra in 1877. The Murchison flooded out to a distance of from the river bank in 1884 and the main homestead was washed away with about 3,000 ewes and lambs. At this time the property was owned by James William Hope and Henry George Mason who dissolved there partnership in November of the same year. In 1886 the property was owned by Messrs. Hope and Moore of Fremantle and occupied an area of of well watered country fed not only by the river but several clay pans and shallow bores. At the time a flock of 14,000 sheep, 250 cattle and 40 horses were supported by the country and a team of Aboriginal people too care of shepherding, shearing and hunting.〔 William Kerr owned Moorarie in 1907 and died in 1936 leaving an estate valued for probate at £81,660. The property was isolated for a week in 1926 by flood waters. One shepherd spent five days stuck up a tree until being rescued y a passerby. At least 400 sheep were lost to floodwaters but workers managed to save another 400 by swimming them to higher ground over a period of two days. ==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「Moorarie Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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