# Yuin Station

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{{Short description|Pastoral lease in Western Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Location map|Western Australia|label=Yuin Station
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thumb|250px|Bushland at Yuin Station
'''Yuin Station''' is a pastoral lease and [sheep station](/source/sheep_station) located in the [Mid West](/source/Mid_West_(Western_Australia)) region of [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia).

Situated approximately {{convert|75|km|mi|0}} to the north-west of [Yalgoo](/source/Yalgoo%2C_Western_Australia) and {{convert|81|km|mi|0}} northeast of [Mullewa](/source/Mullewa%2C_Western_Australia), the property occupies an area of {{convert|189807|ha|acre|0}} and has a maximum carrying capacity of 15,370 sheep.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/lwe/rpm/catman/84%20part%203.pdf|title=Station Reports Appendix 1|year=1987|access-date=29 March 2014|publisher=[Department of Agriculture](/source/Department_of_Agriculture_and_Food_(Western_Australia))|archive-date=7 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407231514/http://agric.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/lwe/rpm/catman/84%20part%203.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The station was established in 1870 by [Thomas Burges](/source/Thomas_Burges)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westaust1.150m.com/TR_WA_Yuin1_Body.htm|title=Yuin Station homestead|year=2010|access-date=24 June 2012}}</ref> and was one of the first settlements in the area.

In 1874 the Wittenooms moved 15,000 sheep from [Bowes Station](/source/Bowes_Station) to Yuin.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38415208 |title=Pastoral and Stud Review. |newspaper=[Western Mail](/source/Western_Mail_(Western_Australia)) |location=Perth |date=7 September 1939 |access-date=26 June 2012 |page=24 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> An outbreak of [influenza](/source/influenza) wreaked havoc among the station employees in 1883. Sheep washing had just commenced at the station and the 25 crew members, all of whom were [Aboriginal](/source/Aboriginal_Australians), were struck down, with several dying.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2989425 |title=Occasional notes.|newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=4 September 1883 |access-date=24 June 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Struck by [drought](/source/drought) between 1884 and 1886, the station had very little feed on the ground available for stock.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3760396 |title=The Murchison |newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=31 May 1886 |access-date=26 July 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In 1888, following two days of heavy rain, the [Greenough River](/source/Greenough_River) flooded, inundating most of the station's buildings with the exception of the [shearing shed](/source/shearing_shed) and the store, which was surrounded by a dirt embankment. The men's quarters, the kitchen and one end of the overseer's house were washed away along with fencing and troughing. No stock losses were reported.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3117031 |title=Splendid rains in the Murchison District|newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=2 March 1888 |access-date=24 June 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
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By 1906 the station was owned by William Burges but managed by Mr. F. Turnbull and was running 15,000 to 16,000 sheep.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38820710 |title=Yuin Station.|newspaper=[Western Mail](/source/Western_Mail_(Western_Australia)) |location=Perth |date=28 July 1906 |access-date=24 June 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> In 1912 the station expected to shear a flock of 15,000 sheep using all 10 stands in the [shearing shed](/source/shearing_shed).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37421706 |title=Shearing dates |newspaper=[Western Mail](/source/Western_Mail_(Western_Australia)) |location=Perth |date=13 July 1912 |access-date=6 August 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Burges sold the station in 1928 to Cecil J. Levien for £100,000. The station occupied an area of {{convert|408000|acre|ha|0}} and was running a flock of 30,000 sheep.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3957890 |title=Yuin Station sold. |newspaper=[The Argus](/source/The_Argus_(Melbourne)) |location=Melbourne, Victoria.|date=20 September 1928 |access-date=24 June 2012 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was also carrying 70 cattle and 20 horses and had a good homestead. By this stage the station had {{convert|45|mi|km|0}} of fencing and 46 wells equipped with windmills.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34436579 |title=Yuin Station sold|newspaper=[Western Argus](/source/Western_Argus) |location=Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |date=25 September 1928 |access-date=24 June 2012 |page=29 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

William Fremlin was the manager of the station at some point. He later ran all of the Atkins brothers' holdings, including [Murgoo](/source/Murgoo_Station), [Mount Narryer](/source/Mount_Narryer_Station) and [Tibradden Station](/source/Tibradden_Station).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49880465 |title=Former Station Manager Dies, Aged 80. |newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=15 September 1954 |access-date=25 June 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Tragedy struck the station in 1949 when a 38-year-old [Aboriginal](/source/Aboriginal_Australians) employee, Don Wheelock, was thrown from his horse and died as a result of his injuries.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47640883 |title=Native fatally injured |newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=27 January 1949 |access-date=25 June 2012 |page=26 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Douglas Charles Foulkes Taylor bought into the station in 1928 after he left the goldfields at [Leonora](/source/Leonora%2C_Western_Australia) where he had managed [Glenorn Station](/source/Glenorn).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article34440607 |title=Leonora Items |newspaper=[Western Argus](/source/Western_Argus) |location=Kalgoorlie, Western Australia |date=18 December 1928 |access-date=26 June 2012 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> When Foulkes Taylor died in 1953 he left an estate valued for probate at £65,702.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49083937 |title=Two Men Left Big Estates. |newspaper=[The West Australian](/source/The_West_Australian) |location=Perth |date=4 March 1953 |access-date=25 June 2012 |page=6 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Ross and Emma Foulkes Taylor owned Yuin in 2006 when the property was inundated with {{convert|128|mm|in|0}} of rain in less than 24 hours after [Cyclone Clare](/source/Cyclone_Clare) crossed the Western Australian coastline. The homestead was flooded and much of the surrounding area submerged.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/rural/wa/content/2005/s1546610.htm |title=Cyclone rain dumps on farmers|date=12 January 2006 |access-date=17 February 2013|publisher=[Australian Broadcasting Corporation](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)}}</ref>

==See also==
*[List of ranches and stations](/source/List_of_ranches_and_stations)

==References==
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{{Stations of the Mid West Western Australia}}

Category:Homesteads in Western Australia
Category:Shire of Murchison
Category:Stations in the Mid West (Western Australia)
Category:1870 establishments in Australia

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