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Cherrabun or Cherrabun Station is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but presently operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated about 68 kilometres (42 mi) south of the Bayulu Community and about 238 kilometres (148 mi) west of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region.
Cherrabun was formed when Gogo Station was carved up into three separate properties, Cherrabun, Margaret Downs (known as Gogo) and Christmas Creek. This followed a revision of the Land Act in 1911[1] restricting holdings to a size of one million acres. Gogo was owned by the Emanuel brothers, who also owned Meda Station.[2]
The area was struck by drought between 1951 and 1953, with the number of cattle being reduced by half. This was the first drought suffered by pastoralists in 70 years, with many hurriedly sinking bores and buying feed to keep their stock alive. Other nearby properties that were affected included Noonkanbah, Liveringa, Quandan, Gogo, Glenroy, Fossil Downs, Luiligui, Christmas Creek and Bohemia Downs Station.[3]
The Walmatjarri artist Jimmy Pike lived as a fringe-dweller around Cherrabun in the 1950s; he eventually joined relatives at the station camp and worked as a stockman.[4]
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edit- ^ "Register of Heritage places – Assessment Documentation". Heritage Council of Western Australia. 11 December 1998. Retrieved 14 November 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Emanuel, Isadore Samuel (1860–1954)". Obituaries Australia. Australian National University. 16 March 1954. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- ^ "Drought Inflicts Big Cattle Loss In Kimberley". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 17 August 1953. p. 4. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
- ^ "Jimmy Pike Trust". Wyemando Harper Sisters Aboriginal Bequest Inc. 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.