Strathmore Station


Strathmore Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Queensland. The station is the largest single pastoral lease in the state.

Geography

The property is situated approximately north east of Croydon and east of Normanton.
Strathmore occupies an area of and is situated between the Staaten and Einasleigh Rivers in the Cape York area. It is capable of carrying over 50,000 head of cattle and is currently running Droughtmaster-Brahman cross breeders.

History

In 1929 the state owned Strathmore was put up for auction and sold for £25,000 to T. Sanderson of Melbourne.
Prior to 1953 Messrs Gilchrist, Watt and Cunningham made the decision to convert the entire herd at Strathmore of 20,000 breeders to poll shorthorns. Bulls from Strathmore commanded record proices in 1953. The owner of the property in 2012 was Scott Harris. Harris lost 860 cattle the same year from cattle duffers who stole the stock while he was attending his own wedding.
Harris was granted a permit to clear and cultivate a portion of the property to cultivate with sorghum using a water allocation from the Gilbert River.