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Mount Eba Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station in outback South Australia. It is located approximately north west of Roxby Downs and south east of Coober Pedy. It shares boundaries with Millers Creek Station to the north, The Twins Station to the west, Bon Bon Reserve to the south and Parakylia Station to the east. The property is named after the solitary hill that rises from the surrounding plains. The plains are mostly vegetated with mulga and saltbush with salt pans interspersed throughout. The property was stocked more intensively from 1878 to 1880 with numerous improvements including the construction of buildings and a new woolshed being completed. Currently the property occupies an area of .〔 The property was once a small township when it was owned by the Crombie family in the 1950s. There were dozens of staff for the Woomera Rocket Range as well as about thirty station-hands, housekeeping staff and the bookkeeper. Mount Eba was established by Price Maurice in 1874. At this time it encompassed as area of but was extremely isolated and had uncertain rainfall. Despite the high costs Maurice sank 83 wells of which 36 produced good water. In 1879 there were between 80 to 100 men employed at Mount Eba. By 1884 the property was stocked with 18,500 sheep, 750 cattle and 270 horses. By 1901 the lease had been abandoned like many others in the area but left under a caretaker, the property encompassed an area of . By 1908 the property occupied an area of approximately and was stocked with 5,000 sheep. By 1914 the lessee was James Gemmel, who had rigged up a motor to his windmills to have sufficient water for his sheep. After World War I but before 1923 the Jacob Brothers acquired Mount Eba. At this time the property was mostly running cattle. but the Jacobs' intended to make the move back to sheep. The station included the Boolgunnia and Twins leases. In 1939 Grant Matheson was the manager and part owner. Matheson joined the RAAF during World War II and served as a squadron leader. He still owned the property in 1945.The property suffered through a terrible drought from 1940 to 1944 with thousands of sheep dying. By 1947 H. R. Crombie was managing Mount Eba although its size had been reduced from over to after other properties such as Mount Vivian Station and other smaller holdings. The property was acquired in 1979 by the Nitschke family who also owned neighbouring Millers Creek Station. Part of the Millers Creek lease was added in 1994. By 2007 the Prominent Hill Mining lease commenced and parts of the station had to be destocked. By 2014 Mount Eba was on the market, at the time it was stocked with 11,000 merino sheep and 300 cattle. Mount Eba was the last property that had been owned by the Nitschkes to be sold. ==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「Mount Eba Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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