Manners Creek Station

{{Short description|Pastoral lease and cattle station in Northern Territory}}

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Manners Creek Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.

It is situated about {{convert|125|km|mi|0}} south of Alpurrurulam and {{convert|256|km|mi|0}} north east of Alice Springs. The property shares a boundary with Lucy Creek and Tarlton Downs to the west, Argadargada and Lake Nash Station to the north, Marqua and Tobermorey to the south and the border with Queensland to the east.{{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=21 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 }} Manners Creek, from which the station takes its name, flows through the property at the north eastern end. The Plenty Highway almost bisects the property from west to east.

The lease is just under {{convert|8090|km2|sqmi|0}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.centralstation.net.au/meet-the-crew/manners-creek/|title=Location: QLD/ NT Border|accessdate=22 April 2015|year=2015|publisher=Central Station}}

The owner in 2000 was Laurie Facer, who put it up for auction along with 8,000 head of Brahman cross cattle. It was passed in at {{AUD}}5.1 million to Nick Isak.{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/julia-creek-country-makes-14/3577.aspx|title=Julia Creek country makes $1.4|author=Helen Walker|date=19 April 2000|accessdate=22 April 2015|work=Queensland Country Life|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150422131054/http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/agribusiness/general-news/julia-creek-country-makes-14/3577.aspx|archive-date=22 April 2015|url-status=dead}} In 2011 the area was plagued by the largest bushfires that had been seen there since the 1970s; some {{convert|200000|acre|ha|0}} of neighbouring Marqua Station was burnt out.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/site-archive/rural/news/content/201109/s3311107.htm|title=Bushfires still burning in Red Centre|date=6 September 2011|accessdate=22 April 2015|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}