Davenport Downs Station

Together with Springvale station which is run in aggregate with Davenport they occupy an area of 15,100 square kilometres (5,830 sq mi) and are currently owned by Paraway Pastoral Company.

[1] Composed of mitchell grass downsland in the channel country, it has good access to water via many bores that tap into the Great Artesian Basin as well as the Diamantina River and Farrars Creek both of which cross the property.

[2] The property was acquired by prominent pastoralist, James Rutherford in the late 1860s along with other runs in Queensland such as Ingledoon (which adjoins Davenport Downs), Ambathala near Charleville and Burrenbilla near Cunnamulla.

[10] The station was infested with feral cats in 1992, prompting the then environment minister Pat Comben to send in army sharpshooters to reduce the population.

[11] Part of Astrebla Downs National Park was resumed by the state government in 1995 from the then owner, AMP, in exchange for another holding.