{{Short description|Pastoral lease in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Location map|Western Australia|label=Cherrabun |position=bottom |lat_deg=18.913|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=125.525|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in Western Australia}} {{coord|18.913|S|125.525|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Cherrabun|display=title}} thumb|right|Cherrabun Homestead ca.1915 '''Cherrabun''' or '''Cherrabun Station''' is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station but presently operates as a cattle station in Western Australia.
It is situated about {{convert|68|km|mi|0}} south of the Bayulu Community and about {{convert|238|km|mi|0}} west of Halls Creek in the Kimberley region.
Cherrabun was formed when Gogo Station was carved up into three separate properties, Cherrabun, Margaret Downs (known as Gogo) and Christmas Creek. This followed a revision of the Land Act in 1911<ref>{{cite web|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Content/PdfLoader.aspx?id=d8b32b50-fb71-4576-a069-18374e4391a5&type=assessment|title=Register of Heritage places – Assessment Documentation|date=11 December 1998|accessdate=14 November 2013|publisher=Heritage Council of Western Australia}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> restricting holdings to a size of one million acres. Gogo was owned by the Emanuel brothers, who also owned Meda Station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/emanuel-isadore-samuel-352|title=Emanuel, Isadore Samuel (1860–1954)|work=Obituaries Australia|date=16 March 1954|accessdate=14 November 2013|publisher=Australian National University}}</ref>
The area was struck by drought between 1951 and 1953, with the number of cattle being reduced by half. This was the first drought suffered by pastoralists in 70 years, with many hurriedly sinking bores and buying feed to keep their stock alive. Other nearby properties that were affected included Noonkanbah, Liveringa, Quandan, Gogo, Glenroy, Fossil Downs, Luiligui, Christmas Creek and Bohemia Downs Station.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49227202 |title=Drought Inflicts Big Cattle Loss In Kimberley. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=17 August 1953 |accessdate=15 November 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The Walmatjarri artist Jimmy Pike lived as a fringe-dweller around Cherrabun in the 1950s; he eventually joined relatives at the station camp and worked as a stockman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wyemando.org.au/jimmypiketrust.html|title=Jimmy Pike Trust|year=2013|accessdate=16 November 2013|publisher=Wyemando Harper Sisters Aboriginal Bequest Inc|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130115044734/http://www.wyemando.org.au/jimmypiketrust.html|archivedate=15 January 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==See also== *List of ranches and stations *List of pastoral leases in Western Australia
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Stations of the Kimberley Western Australia}}
Category:Stations in the Kimberley (Western Australia)