Strathmore Station
{{Short description|Pastoral lease in Queensland}}
{{about||another place called Strathmore Station almost 1000 km to the south-east|Strathmore Homestead|the station in Victoria|Strathmore railway station}}
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Strathmore Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in Queensland. The station is the largest single pastoral lease in the state.
Geography
The property is situated approximately {{convert|50|km|mi|0}} north east of Croydon and {{convert|120|km|mi|0}} east of Normanton.
Strathmore occupies an area of {{convert|9310|km2|sqmi|0}} and is situated between the Staaten and Einasleigh Rivers in the Cape York area. It is capable of carrying over 50,000 head of cattle and is currently running Droughtmaster-Brahman cross breeders.{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/cattle-herd-vanishes-in-devils-triangle/story-fndo1yus-1226457695340|title= Cattle herd vanishes in Devil's Triangle|author=Peter Michael|date=25 August 2012|access-date=28 May 2014|work=Courier Mail|publisher=News Limited}}
History
In 1929 the state owned Strathmore was put up for auction and sold for £25,000 to T. Sanderson of Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22918794 |title=State Stations |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane, Queensland|date=26 September 1929 |access-date=29 May 2014 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}
Prior to 1953 Messrs Gilchrist, Watt and Cunningham made the decision to convert the entire herd at Strathmore of 20,000 breeders to poll shorthorns.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article97019745 |title=Australia's Biggest Herd Bull Sale. |newspaper=Queensland Country Life |location=Queensland |date=23 April 1953 |access-date=29 May 2014 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Bulls from Strathmore commanded record prices in 1953. The owner of the property in 2012 was Scott Harris. Harris lost 860 cattle the same year from cattle duffers who stole the stock while he was attending his own wedding.
Harris was granted a permit to clear and cultivate a {{convert|23100|ha|acre|0}} portion of the property to cultivate with sorghum using a water allocation from the Gilbert River.{{cite web|url=http://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/news/agriculture/cropping/general-news/sorghum-going-strong-in-nq/2689546.aspx|title=Sorghum going strong in NQ|author= Sally Cripps|date=4 March 2014|work=Queensland Country Life|publisher=Fairfax Media}}