THELANGERIN Station is one of the oldest and most significant sheep holdings in the Riverina region of NSW.
Owned by the McFarland family since 1872, the property has a rich, long and successful history.
- THELANGERIN STATION
- HAY, NSW
- Property: grazing, cropping
- Size: 21,095ha
- Sale: by expressions of interest closing July 21
- Price: $220-plus/ha
- Agent: Elders, Hay
- Contact: 0428 665 235
Captain Andrew McFarland and his brother Robert came from Northern Ireland to settle on the banks of the Lachlan River at Thelangerin, near Hay.
His wife, Jane, took on the management of the property after Andrew died prematurely.
Thelangerin Station diaries and rainfall records date back to 1875.
Today, the property is run by Andrew's great-grandson Derek McFarland, and a large emphasis is placed on conservative stocking.
"It's always been a Merino operation and in more recent decades we've also run cattle as a side line on the river and creek country," Derek said.
"We have also, on a small scale, run some irrigated cropping such as cereals and rice but sheep have always been the focus. This is (primarily) Merino breeding country. In this country we've always carried quite conservatively and the country reflects that."
Thelangerin Station boasts 50km of Lachlan River frontage with riparian rights.
A water right from the Lachlan River provides stock and domestic water while a Murrumbidgee water entitlement gives extra water security for irrigation.
"The security of stock water really underpins the property," Derek said.
Thelangerin Station has a main five-bedroom homestead, a four-bedroom house and two cottages.
The property has excellent and extensive infrastructure and is situated 56km northwest of Hay.
