Monday, Apr 06, 2020 at 14:25
Good deduction work there Mike. Spot on. It is the Anna Creek
Railway Siding. One of the buildings has been cleared out by the Pajero Club of SA so you can actually
camp within the walls of the building (no roof of course).
Anna Creek itself was discovered by Col
Warburton in 1858 and named by him after a daughter of
John Chambers.
Anna Creek Station was originally located at Strangways Springs when first purchased by Julius Jeffreys,
John Warren and William Bakewell in January 1863. The partnership mainly ran sheep and in “The Great Drought Years” between 1864 and 1866 was stocked with 7,300 sheep. Sheep were constantly subjected to attacks by dingoes so cattle became the main focus of the station.
Anna Creek became part of the Kidman Empire in 1935 and it remained so until 2016 when it was bought by the Williams Cattle Company. It remains the largest operating cattle station in the world at over 15000km2.
The
Anna Creek siding was crucial to the station carting our wool and cattle across it's life.
Exploroz Place -
Anna Creek Siding - SA
Cheers
Mick
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