Eringa Station

Eringa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the outback of South Australia.

Eringa
Location in South Australia

It is situated 79 kilometres (49 mi) south of Aputula and 151 kilometres (94 mi) east of Kulgera. The area is hilly and has a better average rainfall than much of the surrounding country. The rarely dry waterhole, the Eringa waterhole, was once situated within the boundaries of the station.[1]

History

Established at some time prior to 1879 it was owned by Arthur Treloar and J. J. Duncan, with Treloar managing the property.[2] By 1886 Eringa was stocked with 4,000 head of cattle and 150 horses.[3]

The 5,430-square-kilometre (2,096 sq mi)[4] property was acquired in 1899 by Sidney Kidman, in the same year he also acquired Austral Downs and Carcoory Stations.[5] In 1908 the property occupied an area of 2,820 square kilometres (1,088 sq mi).[6] The area had excellent rains in 1910 with over 100 millimetres (4 in) being recorded over a few days with creeks in the area all flooding.[7]

In 1955 the 9,100-square-kilometre (3,500 sq mi) station was being managed by Mr. W. L. Franklin and was running 5,000 head of cattle.[8]

The station buildings are now derelict and the leasehold is part of the 7,700-square-kilometre (3,000 sq mi) Hamilton Station.[9]

The land occupying the extent of the Eringa Station pastoral lease was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name 'Eringa'.[10]

See also

References
  1. "The Far North Country". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 2 July 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  2. "Scraps from the wilderness". The Northern Argus. Clare, South Australia: National Library of Australia. 2 September 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  3. "The Northern Territory". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. "He ran away with 5 shillings and a one-eyed horse". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1953. p. 18. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  5. "Sir Sidney Kidman". Flinders Range Research. 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. "Australia's Cattle King". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. "Pastoral Rains". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 14 March 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  8. "Droving stock a woman's job". Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 13 February 1955. p. 51. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  9. "swimming, sort of, at the Eringa waterhole: where's all this water come from". Cycle Trails Australia. 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  10. "Search result for "Eringa (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067053) with the following layers selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
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