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Nocoleche Station most commonly known as Nocoleche is a pastoral lease that has operated as both a sheep station and a cattle station in outback New South Wales. It is located approximately north east of White Cliffs and west of Bourke on the Paroo River close to the Queensland border. In 1894 the station was carrying approximately 110,000 sheep.〔 〕 One of the early managers was Walter Gamson who ran Nocoleche from 1870 until his death in 1898 and also was superintendent for Frederick Armytage's properties in Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.〔 〕 A Company, the Australian Sheep Farms Limited, with directors including Sir Arthur Stanley, R. H. Caird and G. Slade raised £400,000 in capital to acquire Toorale, Dunlop and Nocoleche Stations in 1925. By 1927 the condition of the property had deteriorated and cattle were introduced, portion of the station had also been resumed by the Government.〔 〕 An auction was held at Nocoleche in 1966 with three blocks offered. The homestead block and two other blocks with areas of and were passed in after not reaching the reserve price. The Treweeke family had owned the property since 1928, the property had grazed an average of 30,000 sheep and 700 cattle producing an average of 800 bales of wool and producing 8,000 lambs since 1960.〔 The Peken family owned the property in 1974. ==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「Nocoleche」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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