Noondoonia Station

Noondoonia station is a pastoral lease located north of Balladonia, Western Australia on the Eyre Highway in the Goldfields-Esperance region. It is adjacent to Balladonia Station.

Noondoonia Station
Location in Western Australia

It was established in 1883 by John Cook.[1] Cook originally selected 90,000 acres (36,422 ha) of land which later acted as the home station. Additional plots were added and the property occupied 274,000 acres (111,000 ha) in 1933.[2]

The Cook family were long associated with the station,[3] originally focusing on cattle and later sheep.[4][2][5]

Life in the isolated station was not without hardships, and in particular wild dogs.[6][7][8]

See also

Notes
  1. "Station Pioneer Tells His Story". The Daily News. LXV (22, 538). Western Australia. 5 July 1947. p. 15 (Late Sports). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Norseman and Beyond". Sunday Times (Perth) (1844). Western Australia. 28 May 1933. p. 9 (Second Section). Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "A Family Group at Noondoonia Homestead". Sunday Times (Perth) (1844). Western Australia. 28 May 1933. p. 9 (Second Section). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Norseman news". Kalgoorlie Miner. 55 (14, 496). Western Australia. 2 September 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Later start in shearing". The West Australian. 66 (20, 022). Western Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Dry conditions on station". The West Australian. 66 (19, 983). Western Australia. 4 August 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Dingoes and wild dogs". Western Mail. XXXVIII (1, 949). Western Australia. 7 June 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Dog Trapped After Killing Orgy". The Daily News. LXVII (23, 049). Western Australia. 24 February 1949. p. 1 (Final). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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