# Deep Well Station > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deep_Well_Station > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deep_Well_Station.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Well_Station > Source revision: 1335497720 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Pastoral lease in the Northern Territory}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Location map|Northern Territory|label=Deep Well |position=top |lat_deg=24.2987|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=134.1444|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in the Northern Territory}} {{coord|24.2987|S|134.1444|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Deep Well|display=title}} thumb|Deep Well Station homestead in 1918 thumb|Cattle muster at Deep Well, {{circa|1920s}} thumb|The Deep Well homestead in the 1920s thumb|Kurt and Trudy (later Hayes) Johannsen with Emily in a patch of wildflowers at Deep Well Station in the 1920s '''Deep Well Station''' is a [pastoral lease](/source/pastoral_lease) that operates as a [cattle station](/source/cattle_station) in the [Northern Territory](/source/Northern_Territory) of [Australia](/source/Australia). ==Description== It is situated about {{convert|60|km|mi|0}} south south east of [Alice Springs](/source/Alice_Springs%2C_Northern_Territory) and {{convert|60|km|mi|0}} east of the [Stuart Highway](/source/Stuart_Highway) in the Northern Territory, just off the Phillipson stock route. Lying between the [MacDonnell Ranges](/source/MacDonnell_Ranges) and the [Simpson Desert](/source/Simpson_Desert) and taking in much of the Ooraminna Ranges, the property is composed of a variety of land types including red sand hills, rocky outcrops and [spinifex](/source/Triodia_(grass)) plains. Deep Well is just east of the former [Central Australia Railway](/source/Central_Australia_Railway), which had a stop also called Deep Well. ==History== [William Hayes](/source/William_Hayes_(pastoralist)) and his wife Mary arrived in Alice Springs in 1884 with steel telegraph poles to replace the original wooden ones used to build the [Overland Telegraph](/source/Overland_Telegraph). They also worked on other properties in the area such as Mount Burrell and [Owen Springs Station](/source/Owen_Springs_Station).{{cite web|url=http://www.pioneerwomen.com.au/index.php?option=com_exhibition&task=showcategory&cat_id=29&Itemid=/|title=Exhibition - Women on the land|year=2014|accessdate=21 March 2015|publisher=National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame}} The Hayes established the property in the late 1880s{{cite web|url=http://www.hoofsandhorns.com.au/stations-deep.asp|title=Deep and meaningful|date=1 September 2002|accessdate=22 March 2015|work=Outback Magazine|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131758/http://www.hoofsandhorns.com.au/stations-deep.asp|url-status=dead}} and it has remained in the Hayes family ever since.{{cite web|url=http://www.australialesstravelled.com/propertyprof2.html |title=Deep Well Station - Northern Territory |year=2001 |accessdate=21 March 2015 |publisher=Outback Encounters |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063710/http://www.australialesstravelled.com/propertyprof2.html |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy }} Billy Hayes, the fifth generation of the Hayes family, was inducted into the [Stockman's Hall of Fame](/source/Australian_Stockman's_Hall_of_Fame) in 2009. Hayes was the hero in ''Turbulence'', the [bush poem](/source/Bush_poet) written by [Murray Hartin](/source/Murray_Hartin). A [drought](/source/drought) from 1964 to 1965 resulted in Ted Hayes moving all the stock to [Undoolya Station](/source/Undoolya_Station) and temporarily leaving Deep Well abandoned. All the [Aboriginal](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) workers also left the property and set up camp at Undoolya as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.cifhs.com/ntrecords/ntcensus/deepw.html|title=Deep Well 1965-1970|publisher=Paul Mackett|accessdate=22 March 2015}} During the early 1990s the area was struck by [drought](/source/drought) once more and had large debts. Some 5,000 cattle had been grazing at Deep Well up until the drought started.{{cite web|url=http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/smallbusiness/planning/8123442/a-family-affair|title=A Family Affair|author=Miles Clarke|date=13 July 2008|accessdate=22 March 2015|publisher=[Ninemsn](/source/Ninemsn)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304022942/http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/smallbusiness/planning/8123442/a-family-affair|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} The Hayeses decided to diversify into tourism and built a lodge on the northern side of the station at Ooraminna. Shortly afterwards [Ted Egan](/source/Ted_Egan) approached the family asked if he could build a movie set in the same location for a film version of his song ''[The Drover's Boy](/source/The_Drover's_Boy)''. The film did not progress but the replica buildings of [Newcastle Waters](/source/Newcastle_Waters) from 1921 remain at Ooraminna and are used for tourist accommodation.{{cite web|url=http://www.australiasnorthernterritory.com.au/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=/publications/Documents/2009/TQ-1-2009.docx|title=Ooraminna - Home of the wow factor|year=2009|accessdate=22 March 2015|work=Territory Q|publisher=[Northern Territory Government](/source/Northern_Territory_Government)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402094218/http://www.australiasnorthernterritory.com.au/_layouts/download.aspx?SourceUrl=%2Fpublications%2FDocuments%2F2009%2FTQ-1-2009.docx|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} The property was again struck by [drought](/source/drought) starting in 2002, with Billy Hayes destocking the property in 2006 when the last of the dams dried up.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/nt/content/2006/s1686232.htm|title=Central Australian cattle stations struggle to survive|date=14 July 2006|accessdate=21 March 2015|work=Stateline|publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)}} Billy Hayes died in 2011 died in a [quad bike](/source/quad_bike) accident at the property.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2011/05/06/3210135.htm|title=A stockman's farewell|author=Nadine Maloney|date=11 May 2011|accessdate=21 March 2015|publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)}} Following the death of her husband Jan Hayes placed the property on the market in 2013 with their son Billy Hayes Junior taking on the management of the property.{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/1364200/jans-ready-to-hang-up-her-outback-books/|title=Jan's ready to hang up her outback books|author=Breanna Tucker|date=27 March 2013|access-date=21 March 2015|work=[Newcastle Herald](/source/Newcastle_Herald)}} {{As of|2014}} the {{convert|1641|km2|sqmi|0|adj=on}} property was still on the market.{{cite web|url=http://www.beefcentral.com/property/ntkimberley-property-15-pastoral-holdings-for-sale/|title=NT and Kimberley - 15 Pastoral holdings for sale|author=James Nason|work=Beef Central|date=28 March 2014|accessdate=21 March 2015|publisher=Nascon Media Pty Ltd}} In 2016 Billy Hayes Junior died in a plane crash while mustering on [New Crown Station](/source/Crown_Point_Station).{{cite news|last1=Maddocks|first1=Tom|title=NT 'a poorer place' after death of pastoralist Billy Hayes in plane crash|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-13/nt-a-poorer-place-after-death-of-pastoralist-billy-hayes/7626094|accessdate=20 August 2016|agency=ABC News|date=13 July 2016}} ==See also== *[List of ranches and stations](/source/List_of_ranches_and_stations) ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} Category:Stations in the Northern Territory --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Deep Well Station](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Well_Station) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Well_Station?action=history)). 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