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Yerilla Station is a pastoral lease that currently operates as a cattle station but has previously operated as a sheep station.
It is located about 36 kilometres (22 mi) south east of Kookynie and 145 kilometres (90 mi) north of Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. The property occupies an area of 57,978 hectares (143,267 acres) and caters for pastoralism. The homestead and four other houses provide a tennis court and swimming pool. The property is able to carry 10,000 sheep or 1,400 head of cattle and is watered by a quality underwater supply.[1]
The abandoned town of Yerilla is situated within the station boundaries.[2] The company, Yerilla Station Limited, was registered in 1923 with capital of £20,000.[3] The company was composed of Percy Robinson, Duncan Robinson, William Padbury and Charles Seabrook, and purchased the station from C. W. Marsh in 1925.[2] At the time Yerilla occupied an area of 121,406 hectares (300,000 acres) and was sold with 400 head of cattle. The new owners installed new fencing and swapped from raising cattle to raising sheep for the purpose of producing wool. 2,000 ewes were introduced to the property, which was thought to have a carrying capacity of about 10,000.[2]
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- ^ "Yerilla Station". Garland International. 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "Sheep raising". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 14 July 1925. p. 4. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "Registered Companies". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1923. p. 11. Retrieved 26 March 2014.