Bexley Station (Queensland)

This article is about the pastoral lease in Australia. For the railway station in London, see Bexley railway station.
Bexley
Location in Queensland

Coordinates: 23°11′44″S 144°19′30″E / 23.19548°S 144.32495°E / -23.19548; 144.32495 (Bexley)

Thoroughbred horses on Bexley Station ca. 1913
Section of the Bexley homestead buildings, ca. 1926

Bexley Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station in Queensland.

The property is situated approximately 29 kilometres (18 mi) north of Longreach and 70 kilometres (43 mi) south of Muttaburra.

Established at some time prior to 1890 by Edward Goddard Blume, his paddocks were burnt out the same year with the loss of most feed and some fencing.[1] The property was stocked with sheep, producing 68 bales of wool in 1892[2] and 71 in 1893.[3]

Blume sold Bexley in 1939 to T. Scanlan. Blume sold the 39,800 acres (16,106 ha) completely unstocked but retained the 44,215 acres (17,893 ha) Yanburra portion of the property for himself.[4]

The area was flooded in 1950 and then a plague of snakes with 27 snakes being found in the homestead.[5] In 1953 the property was owned by W. G. Allen and his wife and two sons.[6]

The property, owned by the McPherson family, was deluged during a storm in 2001 when a total of 200 millimetres (8 in) of rain fell duering a single storm that lasted nearly 24 hours.[7]

In 2011 the property was still owned by Ross and Michelle McPherson.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Muttaburra". Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 24 September 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Barcaldine". Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 20 January 1892. p. 6. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Stock, Station & Commercial.". The Western Champion and General Advertiser for the Central-Western Districts. Barcaldine, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 28 November 1893. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Link With the 90's.". The Longreach Leader. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 4 November 1939. p. 11. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Flood brings snake plague". The Central Queensland Herald. Rockhampton, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 2 November 1950. p. 25. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Many Guests At Bexley.". Queensland Country Life. Queensland: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1953. p. 10. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Longreach deluged with 200mm falls". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 26 November 2001. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "Welcome to Desert Channels Queensland". Desert Channels Queensland. 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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