Stuarts Station

The land at Stuarts Station is of good quality as evidence of the Jessup transects (vegetation surveys) which have been periodically undertaken. Stuarts has a small cattle herd as well as a Merino flock that produces 1600 bales of wool annually.

Although a portion of the property is located within the confines of the Great Artesian Basin, the number of livestock is limited by very low rainfall averages of below 175mm per year and fragile groundwater systems. Wells and bores have been operated for more than a century by iconic mechanical windmills, however these are being replaced by more efficient and lower maintenance solar pumps.