William Hayes (pastoralist)

He took up work in various locations throughout remote South Australia, including Yednaloo Station, north of Port Augusta and then Canowie.

[1] Of the wide variety of work he did during this period, it was the "conveyance of five tonnes of copper ore in one lump from Yudanamutpna Mine to Port Augusta for exhibition in London" that he regarded as his finest achievement, as he did it single-handed.

[1] William and his wife Mary (née Stratford) arrived in Alice Springs in 1884 after the birth of their last child Edward.

[1] The Hayes applied for a lease on what was to become Deep Well Station in 1893,[3] purchasing 162 cattle from Tom Williams of Paddy's Hole Arltunga.

They expanded their holdings during the drought of the 1890s, securing a lease at Mount Burrell upon the withdrawal of Thomas Elder from the region.

Over the next two decades the Hayes's holdings continued to expand until they owned more 11,000 cattle over 13,478 square km of land, which was about the same size as land owned by Sidney Kidman's at the time and included: William and Mary had six children, James, Edward, Elizabeth, Mary, William and John.

"— "Yes: and shoot and dress a beast when the beef has run out They also break in colts, and go out for a week or two at a time with a couple of lubras mustering cattle.