Yardie Creek Station
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Yardie Creek or Yardie Creek Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station
located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia
.
The area was under pastoral lease
beginning in 1876 when J Brockman acquired leases in the area covering North West Cape to run cattle. Brockman sold parts of the lease in 1888 to ornithologist Thomas Carter including Yardie Creek, Exmouth Gulf
and Ningaloo Station
. Carter was the first settler in the area and established a pastoral station in 1889 grazing sheep.
The working station was resumed by the government in December 1969 as part of the Cape Range National Park
.
The Payne family held the lease for the station from 1907 to 1962. In 1946 many of the buildings around the station were destroyed by a cyclone
. The Broad family were the last occupiers of the pastoral lease and the left the area in 1970.
The area was declared a national park in 1964, the off-shore area, Ningaloo Marine Park, was declared in 1987.
The Yardie Creek homestead
was registered as a heritage site on the Register of the National Estate in 1978. Parts of the timber and iron used to build the out buildings were salvaged from the SS Mildura. The ship was carryyng cattle from the Kimberley when it was wrecked driven aground and wrecked on North West Reef in 1907 during a cyclone
.
Station (Australian agriculture)
Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. It corresponds to the North American term ranch or South American estancia...
located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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The area was under pastoral lease
Pastoral lease
A pastoral lease is Crown land that government allows to be leased, generally for the purposes of farming.-Australia:Pastoral leases exist in both Australian commonwealth law and state jurisdictions....
beginning in 1876 when J Brockman acquired leases in the area covering North West Cape to run cattle. Brockman sold parts of the lease in 1888 to ornithologist Thomas Carter including Yardie Creek, Exmouth Gulf
Exmouth Gulf Station
Exmouth Gulf Station or Exmouth Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia. Situated approximately south of Exmouth Occupying an area of the station occupies much of the eastern side of North West Cape and the eastern boundary of the station...
and Ningaloo Station
Ningaloo Station
Ningaloo Station is a sheep station located in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia about 40 km North of Coral Bay. It is bordered to the north by Cape Range National Park....
. Carter was the first settler in the area and established a pastoral station in 1889 grazing sheep.
The working station was resumed by the government in December 1969 as part of the Cape Range National Park
Cape Range National Park
Cape Range National Park is a national park in Western Australia, north of Perth.The park occupies the western side of the North West Cape peninsula over an area of . The nearest town is Exmouth...
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The Payne family held the lease for the station from 1907 to 1962. In 1946 many of the buildings around the station were destroyed by a cyclone
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Most large-scale...
. The Broad family were the last occupiers of the pastoral lease and the left the area in 1970.
The area was declared a national park in 1964, the off-shore area, Ningaloo Marine Park, was declared in 1987.
The Yardie Creek homestead
Homestead (buildings)
A homestead is either a single building, or collection of buildings grouped together on a large agricultural holding, such as a ranch, station or a large agricultural operation of some other designation.-See also:* Farm house* Homestead Act...
was registered as a heritage site on the Register of the National Estate in 1978. Parts of the timber and iron used to build the out buildings were salvaged from the SS Mildura. The ship was carryyng cattle from the Kimberley when it was wrecked driven aground and wrecked on North West Reef in 1907 during a cyclone
Cyclone
In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Most large-scale...
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