Noondoonia Station
Noondoonia station is a pastoral lease located north of Balladonia, Western Australia on the Eyre Highway in the Goldfields-Esperance region. It is adjacent to Balladonia Station.
It was established in 1883 by John Cook. Cook originally selected 90,000 acres (36,422 ha) of land which later acted as the home station. Additional plots were added and the property occupied 274,000 acres (111,000 ha) in 1933.
The Cook family were long associated with the station, originally focusing on cattle and later sheep.
Life in the isolated station was not without hardships, and in particular wild dogs.
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Notes
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- ^ "Norseman and Beyond". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1844. Western Australia. 28 May 1933. p. 9 (Second Section). Retrieved 5 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "A Family Group at Noondoonia Homestead". Sunday Times (Perth). No. 1844. Western Australia. 28 May 1933. p. 9 (Second Section). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Norseman news". Kalgoorlie Miner. Vol. 55, no. 14, 496. Western Australia. 2 September 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Later start in shearing". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 20, 022. Western Australia. 19 September 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Dry conditions on station". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 19, 983. Western Australia. 4 August 1950. p. 12. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Dingoes and wild dogs". Western Mail. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 1, 949. Western Australia. 7 June 1923. p. 4. Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Dog Trapped After Killing Orgy". The Daily News. Vol. LXVII, no. 23, 049. Western Australia. 24 February 1949. p. 1 (Final). Retrieved 4 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.