Amburla

{{Short description|Pastoral lease in the Northern Territory}}

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Amburla Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia. The property is situated approximately {{convert|77|km|mi|0}} north of Hermannsburg and {{convert|83|km|mi|0}} west of Alice Springs.

Amburla occupies an area of {{convert|2020|km2|sqmi|0}}.{{cite web |title=The pastoral land resources of Amburla Station |website=Territory Stories |url=https://territorystories.nt.gov.au/10070/228372 |hdl=10070/228372 |hdl-access=free |author=A.R. Grant|date=October 1989}} The most productive area of the property are the Mitchell grass plains at the foot of Mount Hay and the relict alluvial plains of the floodout areas of Amburla, Charley and 16-Mile Creeks. The sandy red earth of the floodouts support mulga woodlands. The northern part of the property is composed of sandplains supporting spinifex.

Gary Dann, father of television actor Troy Dann,{{cite web|url=http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/0519.html|title="Not guilty" of illegal use of a Camel, pleads TV star Troy Dann|date=10 June 1998|access-date=8 June 2014|publisher=Alice Springs News}} owned the property in 1989. The Danns sold the property in 2007 to Sterling Buntine. Buntine sold the station in 2011 for A$6 million{{cite web|url=http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030412/australia___massive_uk_farm_investment_.aspx |title=Australia – Massive UK farm investment |date=8 April 2012 |access-date=8 June 2014 |publisher=Meat Trade News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201802/http://www.meattradenewsdaily.co.uk/news/030412/australia___massive_uk_farm_investment_.aspx |archive-date=14 July 2014 }} to local cattleman Tony Davies.{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/territory-stations-up-for-grabs/2395989.aspx|title=Territory stations up for grabs|date=21 December 2011|access-date=8 June 2014|work=Queensland Country Life|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714165817/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/property/general-news/territory-stations-up-for-grabs/2395989.aspx|archive-date=14 July 2014}}

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