Eringa Station

Eringa

Location in South Australia

26°17′06″S 134°43′34″E / 26.285°S 134.726°E / -26.285; 134.726 (Eringa) Eringa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the outback of South Australia, once owned by Sir Sidney Kidman. Its land is gazetted as a locality called Eringa in 2013.

It is situated 79 kilometres (49 mi) south of Aputula and 151 kilometres (94 mi) east of Kulgera. The area is hilly and has a better average rainfall than much of the surrounding country. The rarely dry waterhole, the Eringa waterhole, was once situated within the boundaries of the station.^[1]

History

Established at some time prior to 1879 it was owned by Arthur Treloar and J. J. Duncan, with Treloar managing the property.^[2] By 1886 Eringa was stocked with 4,000 head of cattle and 150 horses.^[3]

The 5,430-square-kilometre (2,096 sq mi)^[4] property was acquired in 1899 by Sidney Kidman, in the same year he also acquired Austral Downs and Carcoory Stations.^[5] Kidman named his home in Kapunda, which he acquired around 1900, after this property.^[6]

In 1908 the property occupied an area of 2,820 square kilometres (1,088 sq mi).^[7] The area had excellent rains in 1910 with over 100 millimetres (4 in) being recorded over a few days with creeks in the area all flooding.^[8] In 1955 the 9,100-square-kilometre (3,500 sq mi) station was being managed by Mr. W. L. Franklin and was running 5,000 head of cattle.^[9]

The station buildings are now derelict and the leasehold is part of the 7,700-square-kilometre (3,000 sq mi) Hamilton Station.^[10]

The land occupying the extent of the Eringa Station pastoral lease was gazetted as a locality in April 2013 under the name "Eringa".^[11]

References

^ "The Far North Country". The South Australian Advertiser. Adelaide. 2 July 1887. p. 5. Retrieved 4 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Scraps from the wilderness". The Northern Argus. Clare, South Australia. 2 September 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 4 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "The Northern Territory". South Australian Register. Adelaide. 30 September 1886. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "He ran away with 5 shillings and a one-eyed horse". The News. Adelaide. 26 November 1953. p. 18. Retrieved 5 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Sir Sidney Kidman". Flinders Range Research. 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Kapunda High School Website". Kapunda High School Website. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
^ "Australia's Cattle King". The Register. Adelaide. 27 March 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 5 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Pastoral Rains". The Register. Adelaide. 14 March 1910. p. 7. Retrieved 4 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Droving stock a woman's job". Sunday Times. Perth. 13 February 1955. p. 51. Retrieved 5 September 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "swimming, sort of, at the Eringa waterhole: where's all this water come from". Cycle Trails Australia. 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
^ "Search result for "Eringa (LOCB)" (Record no SA0067053) with the following layers selected – "Suburbs and Localities" and " Place names (gazetteer)"". Property Location Browser. Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.