15°33′04″S 130°57′40″E / 15.551°S 130.961°E Coolibah Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.
It is situated about 53 kilometres (33 mi) east of Timber Creek and 184 kilometres (114 mi) south west of Katherine with the homestead situated along the Victoria River.[1]
The 5,000-square-kilometre (1,931 sq mi) property running 80,000 head of cattle[2] is owned by Milton Jones.[3] Jones, who owns a helicopter business specializes in aerial mustering, bought the property in 1988 with cash.[4] The station is best known for being the location of the reality television program Keeping up with the Joneses.[5]
The property was acquired by Patrick Quilty, the son of Tom Quilty, in 1938.[6] Quilty Snr. owned Glenore Station[6] and Euroka Springs Station, both of which were passed onto his sons. Prior to his death in 1938 Patrick Quilty and his brother Tom acquired Bradshaw Station, Coolibah Station and Bedford Downs Station.[7]
A Dragon Rapide aeroplane, of Connellan Airways, crashed at Coolibah in 1949. The head stockman, an Aboriginal man named Jack Brumby, was recommended for a gallantry award for rescuing the pilot.[8]
In 1953 the station was regarded as the third largest in Australia at the time with an area of 7,000 square miles (18,130 km2). The manager of the day, Hugh Byers, was committed to stand trial for the theft of 88 head of cattle from neighbouring Victoria River Downs Station.[9]
In the same year filming of the Charles Chauvel movie, Jedda, was commenced at Coolibah.[10]
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- ^ "Station Number G8110007 – Station Name: Victoria River at Coolibah Homestead". Northern Territory Government. 2007. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Coolibah Station quite a family property". Otago Daily Times. Allied Press Limited. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Nigel Adlam (29 March 2011). "It's our chopper and we'll ski if we want". NT News. News Limited. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ James Knight; Milton Jones. The Man From Coolibah – The extraordinary outback life of a Northern Territory cattleman. Hachette Australia. ISBN 9780733629570.
- ^ "Top Spring Hotel". 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b "Obituary". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 2 September 1938. p. 4 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Cloncurry Notes". Townsville Daily Bulletin. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 23 July 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Gallantry of Aboriginal". The Cairns Post. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 17 December 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ "N.T. Cattlemn for trail". The Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania: National Library of Australia. 27 August 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
- ^ ""Jedda" on the run..." The Courier-Mail. Brisbane, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 23 October 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 29 November 2013.