{{Short description|Pastoral lease in New South Wales}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Location map|New South Wales|label=Urisino Station |position=bottom |lat_deg=29|45.374|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=143|47.713|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in New South Wales}}
'''Urisino Station''', most commonly known as '''Urisino''', is a pastoral lease that has operated as both a sheep station and a cattle station in outback New South Wales.
It is situated about {{convert|140|km|mi|0}} north east of White Cliffs and {{convert|200|km|mi|0}} west of Bourke. The vegetation is predominantly composed of mulga and mixed native species including bimble box. In 2014 the area had found to have been overgrazed by sheep and feral goats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.australiancarbontraders.com/afar_act/sell/Primary_Assessment_Header_view.asp?editid1=1618034589|title=Australian Farm Abatement Registry – Details for Urisino|access-date=20 September 2015|publisher=Australian Carbon traders|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320174228/http://www.australiancarbontraders.com/afar_act/sell/Primary_Assessment_Header_view.asp?editid1=1618034589|archive-date=20 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==History== Urisino was owned by Samuel Wilson in the 1860s.<ref name=CH/> By 1883 the owners had spent £28,800 on improvements.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140563681 |title=Western Improvements |newspaper=The Riverine Grazier |location=Hay, New South Wales |date=26 December 1883 |access-date=23 September 2015 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1894 approximately 120,000 sheep were being shorn at Urisino.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13957006 |title=The Pastoralists and shearers. The new shearing agreement. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney, New South Wales |date=26 June 1894 |access-date=10 October 2015 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
In 1913 the property was running sheep and was being managed by Mr Tooth who was also the manager of Elsinora and Thurloo Downs Stations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article116961796 |title=Afghan Carriers in Bourke District. |newspaper=The Cobar Herald |location=Cobar, New South Wales |date=31 October 1913 |access-date=20 September 2015 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Ursino was later a strategic watering hole for stock belonging to Sidney Kidman.<ref name=CH>{{cite web|url=http://carbon-heritage.com/Urisino.html|title=Urisino Bush Xanadu, a cultural oasis, a unique cultural icon.|access-date=20 September 2015|publisher=Carbon Heritage|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100530114749/http://carbon-heritage.com/Urisino.html |archive-date=30 May 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Kidman acquired the property in 1918<ref>{{cite web |website=OutbackNSW.com.au |url=http://outbacknsw.com.au/UA%20Heritage%205%20Pastoral%20Oct06.pdf|title=Pastoralism - Unincorporated Area of New South Wales Heritage Study|year=2006|access-date=20 September 2015|publisher=River Junction Research|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504114855/http://outbacknsw.com.au/UA%20Heritage%205%20Pastoral%20Oct06.pdf|archive-date=4 May 2013|df=dmy-all }}</ref> along with Elsinora and Thurloo Downs from Goldsbrough Mort & Co.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142042554 |title=Wanaaring Whispers |newspaper=Western Herald |location=Bourke, New South Wales |date=27 July 1918 |access-date=21 September 2015 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and held it until 1923.<ref name=CH/>
The property occupied an area of {{convert|81200|acre|ha|0}} in 1935 and received an average rainfall of {{convert|9|in|mm|0}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142035305 |title=Wanaaring Lands for make-ups|newspaper=Western Herald |location=Bourke, New South Wales |date=27 December 1935 |access-date=20 September 2015 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The station was abandoned and in disrepair in 1992 when it was acquired by Andrea Rudd and Paul Hansen. The pair restored the homestead making it suitable tourist accommodation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/56715953?q&versionId=69699157|title=Life anew for old Urisino.|date=1 April 1997|access-date=20 September 2015|publisher=National Library of Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409201225/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/56715953?q&versionId=69699157|archive-date=9 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
Since 2007 the station has been the focus of the largest carbon project in Australia's history; the Urisino Forest Regeneration Project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.climatefriendly.com/projects/urisino-forest-regeneration|title=Urisino forest regeneration|website=Climate Friendly|access-date=2016-03-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323030717/http://www.climatefriendly.com/projects/urisino-forest-regeneration|archive-date=23 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The project works to de-stock the overgrazing feral animals in a humane way, allowing the flora and fauna to recover from the previous drought-stricken state. It is recognised under the Australian Carbon Farming Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://urisino.com/|title=Urisino|website=urisino.com|access-date=2016-03-16|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321092903/http://urisino.com/|archive-date=21 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==See also== *List of ranches and stations
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Stations of Sidney Kidman}}
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Category:Stations in New South Wales Category:Far West (New South Wales)