Riverina sheep station Thelangerin looking for new owners after 140 years
One of the Riverina’s original sheep stations, Thelangerin, has hit the market 140 years after its last sale.
Held by the McFarland family since 1872, Thelangerin is a 21,095-hectare holding near Hay.
The property started with the issue of a land grant of 640 acres (259 hectares) for lot one in the parish of Thellangering to Scottish pastoralist John Peter in 1867.
Thelangerin passed briefly to the McVean family before being acquired by Captain Andrew McFarland and his brother, Robert, in 1872.
The run as a whole originally comprised 47,000 acres (19,020 hectares).
Its original homestead dates from the 1860s and was added to in 1875 and again in 1888 during the great 1880s wool and land boom.
The house’s separate kitchen quarters and dairy cellar are the oldest buildings, with the main homestead built after the First World War.
Thelangerin, which fronts about 50 kilometres of the Lachlan River, is rated to carry 11,700 dry sheep equivalents.
The station’s grazing lands are largely pristine and support abundant native bird and wildlife, wetlands habitat and biodiversity.
Thelangerin has a history of rice crops and cereals including oats, barley and wheat, as well as winter pasture.
Thelangerin is positioned on the river adjoining three newly created National Parks. It was briefly listed in mid-2010 with $220-plus hopes per hectare.
Its Ray White Rural Deniliquin agent Jeff Shand has it listed for February 24 auction.
