{{Short description|Cattle station, pastoral lease, Northern Territory of Australia}}{{Use Australian English|date=March 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Location map|Northern Territory|label=Maryvale |position=top |lat_deg=24.6741|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=134.0722|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in the Northern Territory}} {{coord|24.6741|S|134.0722|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Maryvale|display=title}} thumb|Chambers Pillar and Castle Rock are located within the station thumb|Station landscape from Chambers Pillar '''Maryvale Station''' is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.

It is situated about {{convert|107|km|mi|0}} south of Alice Springs and {{convert|320|km|mi|0}} east of Yulara. The ephemeral Finke and the Hugh River both flow through the property but it is still dependent on bores and dams for watering stock.<ref name=HH/> The Indigenous Australian community of Titjikala is situated within the boundaries of the station. The property shares a boundary with Horseshoe Bend Station to the south, Allambi to the east, Deep Well and Orange Creek to the north and with Henbury and Idracowra Stations to the west.<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=6 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 }}</ref>

The unusual rock formation, Chambers Pillar is situated within the station boundaries.

The property has an average stocking rate of approximately 6,500 head of cattle. It is equipped with a three bedroom homestead, a four bedroom staff house, workers' quarters, workshop, sheds, cattle yards and is divided into 14 paddocks.<ref name=HH>{{cite web|url=http://www.homehound.com.au/listing/withdrawn/nt/northern-territory/alice-springs-northern-territory/alice-springs-alice-springs-northern-territory/maryvale-station-alice-springs-nt-0870/|title=Maryvale Station, Alice Springs NT 0870|year=2014|accessdate=17 March 2015|publisher=Homehound}}</ref>

{{As of|2014}} the {{convert|3244|km2|sqmi|0|adj=on}} property was still on the market along with at least 15 others in the Kimberley and Northern Territory.<ref>{{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=13 March 2015|publisher=Nascon Media Pty Ltd}}</ref> It was bought by Viv Oldfield in April 2018 for {{AUD|15 million}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.beefcentral.com/property/property-central-australian-cattleman-buys-clifton-hills/ |title=Property: Central Australian cattleman buys Clifton Hills |first=Jon |last=Condon |date=26 November 2018 |access-date=5 January 2018 |publisher=Nascon Media Pty Ltd |website=Beef Central}}</ref>

==Early history==

Maryvale Station is named after Mary Hayes, wife of William Hayes, who owned the station in the early 1900s, along with Owen Springs Station, Mount Burrell Station, Deep Well Station and Undoolya Station.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article90954930 |title=Mrs. Mary Hayes |newspaper=The Chronicle |volume=LXXVI |issue=40,122 |location=Adelaide |date=14 December 1933 |accessdate=23 August 2016 |page=15 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==See also== *List of ranches and stations

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Stations in the Northern Territory