List of the largest stations in Australia


This is a list of the largest stations in Australia, which includes stations with an area in excess of.
All of the largest pastoral leases are located in the states of South Australia, Queensland, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory.
The vast majority are cattle stations, with no sheep stations appearing in the top ten. Most of the properties are owned by pastoral companies such as Australian Agricultural Company, Consolidated Pastoral Company, S. Kidman & Co Ltd, North Australian Pastoral Company, Heytesbury Pty. Ltd., Paraway Pastoral Company and the Jumbuck Pastoral Company.

Largest stations

This list includes the stations in Australia by virtue of area:
s, Brunette Downs station, Barkly Tableland, NT
RankStationStateArea Area Area StockYear est.NotesReferences
1Anna CreekSACattle1863Grazed sheep originally, largest station in South Australia, Australia and the world. Area includes both Anna Creek and the Peake outstation combined.--
2Clifton HillsSACattlebefore 1881Second largest station in SA--
3AlexandriaNTCattle1877Largest station in NT--
4Davenport DownsQLDCattlebefore 1878Largest station in Qld. Area includes both Davenport Downs and Springvale station combined.--
5Home ValleyWACattle1926Largest station in WA. Area includes Home Valley, Karunjie and Durack River stations combined. Owned by Indigenous Land Corporation.--
6InnaminckaSACattle1872Third largest station in SA. Size once estimated at --
7Wave HillNTCattle1883Second largest station in NT--
8Marion DownsQLDCattlebefore 1878Second largest station in QLD--
9Brunette DownsNTCattle1883Third largest station in NT--
10QuinyambieSACattle1872Area quoted is maximum figure quoted as nearly 3 million acres--
11De Grey StationWACattle1869Second largest station in WA. Area figure may be disputed, in 1886 the area quoted was "nearly three millions of acres", and would include the Pardoo outstation--
12Lake NashNTCattlebefore 1879Area includes the Lake Nash, Georgina Downs and Argadargada leases.--
13MacumbaSACattlebefore 1874--
14AndadoNTCattle1880--
15Newcastle WatersNTCattle1883Area includes the Powell Creek and Tandyidgee pastoral leases.--
16Helen SpringsNTCattlebefore 1885Area includes both Helen Springs and Brunchilly outstation combined.--
17RawlinnaWASheep1962Largest sheep station in WA, Australia and World--
18Headingly StationQLDCattle1881Area includes Headingly, Carandotta and Wolgra leases--
19Commonwealth Hill StationSASheep1890Area includes both Commonwealth Hill and Mobella outstation combined. Biggest sheep station in SA, second largest sheep station in Australia--
20Walhallow StationNTCattle1881--
21Ruby PlainsWACattle1889Area includes both Ruby Plains and Sturt Creek outstation combined.--
22Anthony Lagoon & Eva DownsNTCattle?Both Anthony Lagoon and Eva Downs operate as one entity--
23StrathmoreQLDCattle?Largest single pastoral lease in Queensland--
24Durham DownsQLDCattle1873--
25Victoria River DownsNTCattle1880At one time was the largest station in Australia and the world covering 41,000 km2--
26Adria DownsQLDCattlebefore 1912--
27NockatungaQLDCattle1870--
28TanbarQLDCattlebefore 1884--
29Cordillo DownsSACattle1872Grazed sheep until 1942 and was once regarded as Australia's largest sheep station.--
30DunbarQLDCattlebefore 1883--
31ArraburyQLDCattlebefore 1887--
32NaryilcoQLDCattlebefore 1880--
33Mount DoreenNTCattle1932--
34Nappa MerrieQLDCattle1871--
35Todmorden StationSA7,1692,7681,771,000Cattle
36MaduraWASheep1876Originally settled to breed horses for British Army in India--
35GogoWACattle1885--
37Billa KalinaSACattle?Includes the Miller's Creek lease.--
38MittiebahNTCattle1877--
39GlenormistonQLDCattlebefore 1881--
40Balfour DownsWACattlebefore 1910--
41Durrie StationQLDCattlebefore 1908--
42Moola BullaWACattle1910--
43Stuart CreekSACattle--
44Milly MillyWASheepbefore 1879Also has a small herd of cattle--
45CoorabulkaQLDCattlebefore 1882--
46Morney PlainsQLDCattlebefore 1876--
47EtadunnaQLDCattlebefore 1867--
48TobermoreyNTCattlebefore 1911--
49Mount MargaretQLDCattlebefore 1925Has also previously been used for grazing sheep--
50MulkaSACattlebefore 1889--
51ElseyNTCattle1879The station that inspired the story and film We of the Never Never--
52HenburyNTCattle1875Became a conservation area in 2011--
53LimbunyaNTCattlebefore 1923--
54ArgadargadaNTCattle1951--
55Diamantina LakesQLDCattle1876Now a National Park--
56MedaWACattlebefore 1883--
57TanumbiriniNTCattlebefore 1908--
58South Galway StationQLDCattle Before 1884--
59Calvert Hills StationNTCattle--
60Three RiversWASheep1884--
61WilgenaSASheepbefore 1909Once used to graze cattle--
62Austral DownsNTCattle1883--
63CanobieQLDCattle1864--
64Alroy DownsNTCattle1877--
65Tanami DownsNTCattlebefore 1911Formerly known as Mongrel Downs--
66AuvergneNTCattlebefore 1886--
67Curtin SpringsNTCattle1930s--
68MillungeraQLDCattle1880--
69Drysdale RiverWACattle1882--
70BanjawarnWASheep1903--
71El Questro Wilderness ParkWACattle 1903The park still runs 8,000 head of cattle.--
72Louisa DownsWACattle before 1933--
73NoonkanbahWACattle 1880s--