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Mount Gould Station is a pastoral lease that used to operate as a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station in Western Australia. The property is situated approximately north west of Meekatharra and south of Paraburdoo in the Mid West region. Occupying an area of the property contains of nature reserves and vacant crown land. The soil has a low level of erosion with 88% of the land being described as nil or minor. The perenniel vegetation condition is described as fair with 78% of vegetation cover being described as poor or very poor. It is estimated that the property is able to carry 9,190 sheep in summer conditions, but has stocked over 13,020 sheep over summer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Station Reports Appendix 1 )〕 An expedition led by Francis Gregory in 1858 surveyed the area around Mount Gould and Mount Hale finding a succession of rich grassy flats having a network of rivers that ran into the Murchison or Gascoyne Rivers. They estimated that over of good land were available for stock. The property was advertised in 1887 when Messrs A. T. Cruikshank and Co. put it on the market along with Yalgoo Station and Balloo Station. Altogether the properties occupied and area of with Mount Gould taking up made up of salt bush grassland and mulga top feed. The area is rich in the iron oxide minerals such as haematite. A deposit of around of haematite is known to exist within the station boundaries. ==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 Gould Station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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