Summary
Wallerberdina Station, most commonly known simply as Wallerberdina, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in South Australia.
The property is situated approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) west of Hawker and 65 kilometres (40 mi) north of Quorn. It shares a boundary with Yappala Station[1] and Moralana Station.[2]
The station is mostly made up of open terrain of supporting vegetation such as blue bush, cotton bush, black oak, copperburr, native clovers with sandy ridges. Permanent water is available to stock from reticulation drawn from Hookina Creek and two bores. It is equipped with a four stand shearing shed, cattle and sheep yards, quarters for 12 workers, and a four bedroom homestead. The property is suitable for sheep or cattle, with annual average carrying equivalent 6000 sheep or 400 cattle.[3]
The property was established some time prior to 1878,[4] at which time it was stocked with sheep and producing wool, and was owned by Gooch and Hayward.[5] By 1879 the property was owned by Messrs. Hayward, Armstrong and Browne, who were selling merino wethers.[6] In 1880 the lease was to lose 59 square miles (37,760 acres) of land that was to be resumed by the government.[7] The resumption had taken effect by 1887.[8]
The property currently occupies an area of 23,580 hectares (58,267 acres)[3][1] In 2015 it was owned by South Australian Senator and Liberal Party president Grant Chapman.[1]
In 2015 Wallerberdina was short-listed as one of three potential sites for the National Radioactive Waste Management Facility[9].[10] A decision is expected in 2019 but the process is controversial.[11][12] The project was scrapped in 2019 following community opposition.[13]
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- ^ a b c Daniel Keane (17 November 2015). "Proposed Flinders Ranges nuclear site identified as pastoral property belonging to former Liberal senator Grant Chapman". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ Jane Norman (29 April 2016). "Nuclear dump: Barndioota station in SA earmarked as site of waste facility". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Wallerberdina Station, Hawker, SA 5434". realestate.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "The Ministerial programme". South Australian Register. Vol. XLIII, no. 9775. South Australia. 14 March 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". Port Augusta Dispatch. Vol. 1, no. 51. South Australia. 3 August 1878. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Stock report December 11". Adelaide Observer. Vol. XXVI, no. 1993. South Australia. 13 December 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Pastoral". South Australian Register. Vol. XLV, no. 10, 357. South Australia. 24 January 1880. p. 2 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Report of the Pasotral Board". Kapunda Herald. Vol. XXIII, no. 1989. South Australia. 5 August 1887. p. 4. Retrieved 3 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Wallerberdina Station, near Hawker, South Australia". National Radioactive Waste Management Facility. Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
- ^ "Proposed Flinders Ranges nuclear site identified as pastoral property belonging to former Liberal senator Grant Chapman - ABC News". ABC News. 16 November 2015.
- ^ "Hawker locals reject nuclear dump proposed for Wallerberdina station at packed public meeting - ABC News". ABC News. 7 May 2016.
- ^ "Australian Radioactive Waste Agency". 21 July 2020.
- ^ Commons Librarian (22 December 2023). "Campaigns that Changed South Australia". The Commons Social Change Library. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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