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Mount Gipps Station

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September 7th 2014
Approximately 40 kms NW of Broken Hill is an outback sheep station that welcomes travelers and provides generous camping and bunkhouse facilities. Mount Gipps is an 85,000 hectare property that runs 8,000 Dorper sheep and some cattle. John, the station owner, was no where to be found at the homestead when we arrived, but as I had spoken to him by phone earlier in the week, we decided to make our w ... read more

Oceania » Australia » New South Wales » Broken Hill

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more