{{Short description|Pastoral lease in Western Australia}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Location map|Western Australia|label=Yuinmery Station |position=top |lat_deg=28.561|lat_dir=S |lon_deg=119.017|lon_dir=E |caption=Location in Western Australia}} {{coord|28.561|S|119.017|E|type:landmark_region:AU|name=Yuinmery|display=title}}
'''Yuinmery Station''' is a pastoral lease that once operated as a sheep station and currently operates as a cattle station. It is located about {{convert|69|km|mi|0}} south west of Sandstone and {{convert|127|km|mi|0}} south east of Mount Magnet in the Mid West region of Western Australia. The western boundary of the station adjoins Youanmi Downs and the southern boundary adjoins vacant crown land and Cashmere Downs Station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agwestinternational.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/lwe/land/tb_90_sandstone_part_i.pdf|title=Technical bulletin - An inventory and condition survey of the Sandstone-Yalgoo-Paynes Find area, Western Australia|issue=90|date=2 December 2008|access-date=24 March 2014|publisher=Government of Western Australia|archive-date=24 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324153758/http://www.agwestinternational.wa.gov.au/objtwr/imported_assets/content/lwe/land/tb_90_sandstone_part_i.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Yuinmery was taken up in 1917 by William Gerald Lefroy, who moved from Carramarra, Moora, and has remained in the Lefroy family ever since.<ref>{{cite news|title=Public Notices|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27309673|access-date=15 October 2014|work=The West Australian|date=28 August 1917|location=Perth, WA}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Friday, May 3, 1918|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156959525|access-date=15 October 2014|work=The Midlands Advertiser|date=3 May 1918|location=Moora, WA}}</ref> Originally the station ran sheep, producing wool, however the increased incidence of wild dogs meant that the property was converted to cattle in the 21st century.<ref>{{cite news|last1=McAllister|first1=Peter|title=Predator explosion dogs the bush|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/predator-explosion-dogs-the-bush/story-e6frg6z6-1225889672128|access-date=15 October 2014|work=The Australian|date=10 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Canmere|title=A Wealth of Wool|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31211070|access-date=15 October 2014|work=The West Australian|date=21 January 1924|location=Perth, WA|page=7}}</ref>
The property occupies an area of {{convert|124925|ha|acre|0}} and contains large areas of quality lake country for grazing. Yuinnmery has a near new four bedroom two bathroom homestead and separate cottage. The station has 35 watering points and a carrying capacity of 9,110 sheep or 1,300 head of cattle. When last advertised the property was stocked with 120 head of Shorthorn and Brahman heifers and was priced at {{AUD}}720,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.homehound.com.au/listing/index.php?id=8418496|title=Yuinmery Station|access-date=23 March 2014|publisher=homehound}}</ref>
A minute bat named ''Vespadelus baverstocki'', a desert inhabiting insectivore, was first described using a specimen shot at this location.<ref name="Jackson2015">{{cite book |last1=Jackson |first1=S.M. |last2=Groves |first2=C. |title=Taxonomy of Australian Mammals |date=2015 |publisher=Csiro Publishing |isbn=9781486300136 |page=640 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RPznCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA460 |language=en}}</ref> ==See also== *List of ranches and stations
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Stations of the Mid West Western Australia}} Category:Stations in the Mid West (Western Australia)