Pastoral leases in Western Australia are increasingly known as "stations", and more particular – as either sheep stations or cattle stations. They are usually found in country that is designated as rangeland. In 2013 there were a total of 527 pastoral leases in Western Australia.[1][2] And all leases were put up for renewal or surrender in 2015.[3]
Stations/pastoral leases are a significant part of Western Australian history. At different stages inquiries, pleas for extensions of lease times[4] and royal commissions[5] have been made into the industry.[6]
Nearly 90 million hectares or 36% of the area of Western Australia are covered by these stations.[7][8] Despite the very low population involved in general management of stations, significant numbers of seasonal workers (shearers and others) have moved through the sheep stations to shear for wool. Also more recently stations have been used as holding places of feral goats for export and meat production.
- ^ "Transcript - New boundaries may force pastoralists off the land". Landline. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 7 February 2003. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
- ^ There are 452 stations made up of 507 pastoral leases covering about 87 million hectares of WA. - in https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/countryman/a/19462468/warning-on-worthless-leases/ - Brad Thompson - The West Australian on 19 October 2013
- ^ "All pastoral leases expire on 30 June 2015 with the current lease terms ranging from 21 years to 50 years. Most leases have been offered renewal for the same length of time as their current term." Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Pastoralists' leases". Western Mail. Perth: National Library of Australia. 26 June 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Pastoral Industry". Geraldton Guardian and Express. Geraldton, Western Australia: National Library of Australia. 30 March 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Pastoral leases". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 16 January 1931. p. 14. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ The Pastoral Lands Board of Western Australia – Ensuring ecologically sustainable use of pastoral lands Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Western Australia. Dept. of Lands and Surveys. Chief Draughtsman's Branch; Wallace Vernon Fyfe, 1894–1982; Western Australia. Dept. of Lands and Surveys. [Western Australia Bonnes 300 cadastral series.]; Western Australia. Dept. of Lands and Surveys. Index to station names (1951), Map of Western Australia shewing localities of sheep and cattle stations 1951, The Dept, retrieved 19 May 2012
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