{{Short description|Pastoral lease in the Northern Territory}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Location map|Northern Territory|label=Inverway |position=right |lat_deg=17.849|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=129.635|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in the Northern Territory}} {{coord|17.849|S|129.635|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Inverway|display=title}}
'''Inverway Station''' is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.
==Location== It is situated approximately {{convert|119|km|mi|0}} north west of Lajamanu and {{convert|134|km|mi|0}} south west of Daguragu in the Victoria River district. The property was originally much larger until it was carved up into Inverway, Bunda and Riveren Stations.<ref name=ABC1/> Inverway is bounded by Bunda to the west, Riveren to the east, Limbunya to the north and Birrindudu Station to the south.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf |title=Northern Territory Pastoral Properties |year=2003 |accessdate=5 April 2015 |publisher=Northern Territory Government |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150409202959/http://pitac.org.au/wp-content/documents2/Part_B_Checklist/4._NT_Pastoral_Map_June_2013.pdf |archivedate=9 April 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
==Description== The property currently occupies an area of {{convert|2538|km2|sqmi|0}} and is stocked with a herd of 17,000 cattle. The country is a mix of black soil plains covered with pastures of Mitchell grass, Queensland blue and silky brown top grasses. The red dirt country supports stands of spinifex.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/nt-icons-inverway-and-riveren-go-under-hammer-in-july/2551557.aspx|title=NT icons Inverway and Riveren go under hammer in July|date=14 May 2012|accessdate=5 December 2014|work=Queensland Country Life|publisher=Fairfax Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209040357/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/nt-icons-inverway-and-riveren-go-under-hammer-in-july/2551557.aspx|archive-date=9 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==History== The area was originally scouted by Nat Buchanan and his son Gordon. The three Farquharson brothers, Archie, Harry and Hugh, acquired the lease to the {{convert|6220|km2|sqmi|0|adj=on}} holding in 1894.<ref name=WWA>{{cite book|title=The Wild West in Australia and America|author=Jack Drake|page=12|year=2012|publisher=Boolarong Press|isbn=9781921920479}}</ref> The men stocked the property by overlanding cattle from Inverell. By 1905 the property was struck by drought and in 1909 the dry had still not lifted. Cool weather helped the men make the decision to drove the cattle over the dry Murranji Track despite there being no water along the way. Over 1,000 cattle were taken and only five were lost on the {{convert|200|km|mi|0|adj=on}} journey that took five days.<ref name=WWA/>
The Farquharsons remained at the property until the 1940s. Archie was the sole remaining owner in 1946 when he sold a large portion of the station. He remained on the property living in the log homestead he had built with his brothers until his death in 1950. He is buried at Inverway along with one of his brothers.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59862453 |title=Grand old man of the Kimberleys |newspaper=Centralian Advocate |location=Alice Springs, Northern Territory|date=25 August 1950 |accessdate=6 December 2014 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The Westaway family bought the property in 1956 and placed it on the market in 2007. The Underwood family acquired the property later the same year at auction for {{AUD}}17.65 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/nt-station-sells-at-auction-for-1765m/55284.aspx|title=NT station sells at auction for $17.65m|date=18 June 2007|accessdate=6 December 2014|work=North Queensland Register|publisher=Fairfax Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214111421/http://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/nt-station-sells-at-auction-for-1765m/55284.aspx|archive-date=14 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Mick and Georgia Underwood sold the property in a private sale along with Riveren Station in 2013 to the Indonesian company, Japfa Santori<ref name=ABC2/> for an estimated {{AUD}}35 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/cpc-buys-bunda-for-close-to-15m/2718644.aspx?storypage=0|title=CPC buys Bunda for close to $15m|author=Matthew Cranston|date=1 December 2014|accessdate=4 December 2014|work=Farm Weekly|publisher=Fairfax Media|archive-date=10 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210133539/http://www.farmweekly.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/cpc-buys-bunda-for-close-to-15m/2718644.aspx?storypage=0|url-status=dead}}</ref> The decision came following live export ban on livestock by the Gillard government in 2011.<ref name=ABC2>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-17/nt-cattle-stations-sold-as-live-export-fall-out-lingers/5673468|title=Live cattle: Northern Territory stations changing hands as fallout from 2011 export ban continues|author=Ginny Stein|newspaper=ABC News|date=5 October 2014|accessdate=3 December 2014|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref> The station had been passed in at auction in 2012 for {{AUD}}15 million.<ref name=ABC1>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-02/inverway-riveren-sale/4994080|title=Indonesian company buys NT properties|author=Carl Curtain|newspaper=ABC News|date=3 October 2013|accessdate=4 December 2014|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}</ref>
==Climate==
{{Weather box|location = Inverway, elevation {{convert|403|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1971–1987 normals, extremes 1969–1987) |metric first = Y |single line = Y |width= auto |collapsed = Y |Jan record high C = 43.7 |Feb record high C = 43.0 |Mar record high C = 41.1 |Apr record high C = 38.0 |May record high C = 35.7 |Jun record high C = 34.0 |Jul record high C = 33.5 |Aug record high C = 36.7 |Sep record high C = 39.3 |Oct record high C = 42.3 |Nov record high C = 45.0 |Dec record high C = 44.0 |Jan record low C = 16.0 |Feb record low C = 16.5 |Mar record low C = 11.5 |Apr record low C = 8.5 |May record low C = 3.5 |Jun record low C = 1.5 |Jul record low C = -1.0 |Aug record low C = 3.2 |Sep record low C = 4.5 |Oct record low C = 8.5 |Nov record low C = 12.5 |Dec record low C = 13.1 |Jan high C = 35.7 |Feb high C = 34.6 |Mar high C = 34.0 |Apr high C = 32.2 |May high C = 29.8 |Jun high C = 26.6 |Jul high C = 26.8 |Aug high C = 30.7 |Sep high C = 33.3 |Oct high C = 36.3 |Nov high C = 37.7 |Dec high C = 38.0 |Jan low C = 22.9 |Feb low C = 22.6 |Mar low C = 20.6 |Apr low C = 16.9 |May low C = 13.8 |Jun low C = 10.1 |Jul low C = 9.2 |Aug low C = 11.9 |Sep low C = 16.2 |Oct low C = 20.1 |Nov low C = 22.3 |Dec low C = 22.9 |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 168.6 |Feb rain mm = 168.7 |Mar rain mm = 84.0 |Apr rain mm = 30.4 |May rain mm = 8.7 |Jun rain mm = 5.5 |Jul rain mm = 0.4 |Aug rain mm = 1.8 |Sep rain mm = 4.1 |Oct rain mm = 27.8 |Nov rain mm = 39.6 |Dec rain mm = 93.4 |unit rain days = 1.0 mm |Jan rain days = 9.3 |Feb rain days = 9.1 |Mar rain days = 4.5 |Apr rain days = 1.2 |May rain days = 0.7 |Jun rain days = 0.4 |Jul rain days = 0.1 |Aug rain days = 0.1 |Sep rain days = 0.3 |Oct rain days = 2.5 |Nov rain days = 3.7 |Dec rain days = 7.3 |source 1 = Australian Bureau of Meteorology (rain 1991-2020)<ref name="BoM" >{{cite web | url = http://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio/cvg/av?p_stn_num=014836&p_prim_element_index=0&p_comp_element_index=0&redraw=null&p_display_type=full_statistics_table&normals_years=1991-2020&tablesizebutt=normal | title = Climate statistics for Australian locations- INVERWAY | date = 7 April 2024}}</ref> }}
==See also== *List of ranches and stations
==References== {{Reflist}}
Category:Stations in the Northern Territory