| Boolardy | |
|---|---|
  Boolardy Location of Boolardy in Western Australia | |
| General information | |
| Type | Station |
| Location | 194 km (121 mi) north-north-east of Pindar, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 26°59′01″S 116°32′48″E / 26.98361°S 116.54667°E |
| Official name | Boolardy Homestead Group |
| Designated | 29 May 2001 |
| Reference no. | 1698 |
Boolardy Station is a remote former sheep and cattle station in the Mid West (Murchison) region of Western Australia, about 194 km (121 mi) north-north-east of Pindar and 200 km (120 mi) west-south-west of Meekatharra. It is within the Shire of Murchison and situated on pastoral lease no. 3114/406 (Crown lease 146/1966). The area of the lease is 3,467.48 square kilometres (1,338.80 sq mi).
In 2009 the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) purchased the property for A$5.42 million, in order to provide the location of the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory, while the owners continued running the property as a cattle station[1] until around 2014.[2][3]
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