Erldunda
Erldunda is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station 200 km (120 mi) south of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.[1]
History[edit]
The property was established in the 1870s by Richard Warburton who stocked it in 1884, and the property remained with the Warburton family until the 1920s,[2] when it was bought by the Stanes family.[3]
Location and description[edit]
Erldunda occupiea an area of 1,200 square miles (3,108 km2) that carried a herd of 6,500 head of Santa Gertrudis cattle in 2010.[4]
The station shares boundaries with other pastoral leases, such as Lyndavale to the west, Mount Ebenezer and Palmer Valley to the north, Idracowra to the east, and Umbeara and Victory Downs to the south. The ephemeral watercourses Karinga Creek and Kalamurta Creek both flow through the property.[5] Lyndavale and Mount Ebenezer were as of 2019[update] owned by the Stanes family.[3]
Native title ruling[edit]
In April 2023, a Federal Court ruling determined in favour of the native title application lodged by Anangu seven years earlier for around 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) of pastoral lease land that includes Erldunda, Lyndavale, and Curtin Springs stations. This was the first recognition of commercial rights in Central Australia. The ruling, which was handed down by Justice Mordy Bromberg at a gathering in the remote community of Imanpa, granted traditional owners the right to hunt and perform ceremonies on the land, and also to be consulted over its use. However neither the native title holders nor the pastoralists have rights over mineral exploration, and licences for potash mining are held over the lakes. Ross Stanes welcomed the determination, saying that his family had "had a long, long relationship with [Anangu], and that both pastoralists and native title holders respected each others' rights.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Erldunda Station sold". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Welcome to Erldunda". Exploring Australia. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Lyndalvale Case Study". Angus Australia. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Erldunda sale breathes new life into NT property market". Beef Central. Nascon Media Pty Ltd. 26 October 2011. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ^ "Northern Territory Pastoral Properties" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ Robinson, Lee (7 April 2023). "Historic native title determination recognises commercial rights in a first for Central Australia". ABC News (Australia). Retrieved 9 April 2023.