Английская Википедия:Boodarie Station
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Boodarie Station is a pastoral lease that was once a sheep station but now operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is located approximately Шаблон:Convert south west of Port Hedland and Шаблон:Convert north east of Karratha on the Turner River in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.[1]
Fred Arunder and Charlie Upton initially took up the Boodarie lease circa 1880. A homestead was also constructed prior to 1880, but a more substantial building completed circa 1910.[2]
The property was exporting wool by sea in 1888,[3] with the natural harbour and landing being regarded as a good place to land cargo.[4]
The property is currently owned by BHP. The company were leasing out the land to Michael Thompson of neighbouring Mundabullangana Station in 2015 to graze his cattle on. Following a series of incidentsШаблон:Verify spelling of poaching and arson in 2015 costing Thompson $100,000, he closed the gates to Mundabullangana and employed guards to keep the public out.[5]
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Шаблон:Stations of the Pilbara Western Australia
