Edeowie Station

Edeowie is located in South Australia
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Location in South Australia

31°26′45″S 138°27′12″E / 31.44584°S 138.45327°E / -31.44584; 138.45327 (Edeowie)

Edeowie Station is a pastoral lease that currently operates as a sheep station in South Australia.

It is located approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) north of Hawker and 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of Blinman in the Flinders Ranges.

The property was established in 1859 by William Marchant who stocked it sheep.[1] The Browne brothers had previously held the land as early as 1851.[2] In the 1860s an eating house to service local travelers was built not far from the homestead. By 1863 the government had sunk a bore nearby and small township was established. Drought struck in 1865 and broke in 1868 but only after the population had been reduced at the small township from 316 to 36. A post office was built in 1870.[1]

In 1920 the then owner, V. H. Mogg, sold the 30,800 acres (12,464 ha) station to Messrs H. L. Nutt and sons of Orroroo[3] for £16,400.[4]

In 1941 the property occupied an area of 50 square miles (129 km2).[5]

  1. ^ a b "Edeowie Station". Flinders Range Research. 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Place Names of South Australia – E". The Manning Index of South Australia. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Land Sales". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 2 September 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  4. ^ "General News". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1920. p. 34. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Travelling Around With Sunflower"". The Chronicle. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 December 1941. p. 39. Retrieved 14 October 2014.