North Australian Pastoral Company


The North Australian Pastoral Company is a large, privately owned, Australian cattle company which operates 13 cattle stations covering over 60,000 km2, managing about 200,000 cattle, in Queensland and the Northern Territory. It produces beef cattle which are grass fed and grain finished before sale to Australian meat processors who onsell beef to domestic and international customers.

History

The NAPCO partnership was formed in 1877 by Queenslanders William Collins, William Forrest and Sir Thomas McIlwraith, with Englishmen John Warner and Sir William Ingram. The first station acquired was Alexandria Downs in the Northern Territory.
Francis Foster invested in NAPCO in 1937 taking an 18% interest which grew through his lifetime to 43%, bringing with it exceptional pastoral skills and a long term vision.
Monkira and Coorabulka were acquired in 1939 as part of their plan to breed cattle at Alexandria and then fatten and sell from the Channel Country.
In 1968 the company acquired Glenormiston along with the adjoining property, Marion Downs, at about the same time.
In May 2016, QIC Limited acquired a 79% interest in NAPCO with the Foster family owning the remaining 21%.
In 2016 NAPCO was inducted into the Queensland Business Leaders Hall of Fame.

Properties

As at 2017, the company operated the following stations:
Other properties that the company has owned include: