Connemara Station
| Company type | Pastoral lease |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cattle station |
| Founded | Late 1860s |
| Founder | John Costello |
| Headquarters | Near Stonehenge , Australia |
| Products | Cattle |
Connemara Station, occasionally referred to as Connemarra Station, is a pastoral lease functioning as a cattle station situated roughly 95 kilometres to the west of Stonehenge in Queensland. The property is traversed by the intermittent Farrar's Creek.
The lease was originally founded in the late 1860s by the pioneering pastoralist John Costello. Ownership had transferred to De Burgh Persee by 1877, who maintained cattle grazing on the land. In 1881, Connemara changed hands for £21,000, at which point it was stocked with 3,000 cattle.
During the 1880s, the property was acquired by Vincent James Dowling, James Cox, and Septimus Stephen, who increased the herd to approximately 25,000 cattle over an expanse of .
In 1933, while managed by S. G. Kerr and owned by Allison and Wigan, the homestead was lost to fire. When put up for auction in 1937 with a stock of 9,235 cattle, no bids were received. The trustees of the estate subsequently sold Connemara in 1938 to B. K. Reid; at that time, it supported 8,500 shorthorn cattle and 100 horses across .
The North Australian Pastoral Company took ownership of Connemara in 1986 before divesting it in 2007.