Pandie Pandie Station

Pandie Pandie Station
Location in South Australia

Pandie Pandie Station, most commonly known as Pandie Pandie, also often spelled as Pandi Pandi and Pandy Pandy, is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in north east South Australia.

It is situated about 26 kilometres (16 mi) south of Birdsville and 222 kilometres (138 mi) north west of Innamincka along the banks of the Diamantina River in the channel country of South Australia. It is also situated toward the northern end of the Birdsville Track.[1]

The station was established in the 1876 by Robert Frew[2] along with other properties in the area including Annandale, Alton Downs and Planet Downs.[3] Nearby Haddon Downs station was also taken up by Frew in 1877.[4]

Frew was still the owner of Pandie Pandie in 1881 when he renamed the town of Diamantina Crossing to its present name of Birdsville after being amazed at the amount of birdlife found around the area.[3][4]

By 1903 Sidney Kidman owned the property and at this time it was completely destocked after suffering the effects of drought and the death of many cattle.[5]

Pandie Pandie was held by the Morton family for 70 years between 1938 and 2008.[6]

The property was placed on the market to be auctioned in 2008 for A$7–8 million as part of a package of three blocks – Pandie Pandie, Beckwith and Dickinna – with a total area of 6,625 square kilometres (2,558 sq mi).[7] It was successfully sold for A$7.5 million to Viv Oldfield along with the 7.800 head of cattle the property was stocked with.[6]

Viv Oldfield along with the Costello family run 50,000 cattle across seven stations with a total area of 40,000 square kilometres (15,444 sq mi) in the Northern Territory and South Australia. The manager of the property is Clay Oldfield and the station is running Brahman cattle.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Birdsville Track". Flinders Range Research. 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Diamantine Shire History". Diamantina Shire. 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Birdsville". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 S. E. Pearson (1937). "The South West corner of Queensland" (PDF). University of Queensland. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "A pastoral trip". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 13 July 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Pandie Pandie sells for $7.5m". Queensland Country Life. 13 October 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  7. ↑ ""Pandie Pandie" Station via Birdsville Auction". Realestate.com.au. 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Viv Oldfield: A true cattleman". Weekly Times. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2013.

Coordinates: 26°08′S 139°23′E / 26.13°S 139.39°E / -26.13; 139.39

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