South Galway Station

The property occupies an area of 4,876 square kilometres (1,883 sq mi) of and is able to carry a herd of approximately 13,000 cattle.

[1] Situated along Cooper Creek approximately half the property is flooded river country and about one quarter is rolling downs.

[2] The Duracks placed the property on the market in 1878 at which time in encompassed about 500 square miles (1,295 km2) and was stocked with approximately 3,000 head of cattle.

[5] In 1951 a pilot from Trans Australia Airlines was hired by the station owner to ride the range in a de Havilland Dragon to rescue a mob of cattle threatened by floods.

[6] Bushfires ravaged the station later the same year with an area of over 1,000 square miles (2,590 km2) being burnt out, stockmen from South Galway were at the fire front for five days in an attempt to control the blaze.