Delamere Station (pastoral lease)
| Company type | Pastoral lease |
|---|---|
| Industry | Cattle station |
| Founded | 1878 |
| Headquarters | Australia |
Area served | Northern Territory |
| Products | Cattle |
| Owner | Australian Agricultural Company |
Delamere Station is a pastoral lease functioning as a cattle station situated in the Northern Territory of Australia. Positioned approximately east of Timber Creek and southwest of Katherine within the Victoria River District, the land consists of rolling to hilly basaltic black soils that support Flinders and Mitchell grass. The creek areas are populated with blue grass, sabi grass, and stylos.
Since 2004, ownership has belonged to the Australian Agricultural Company. Delamere spans an area of , with an estimated carrying capacity near 22,000 head of cattle. The station is currently overseen by Scott and Bec Doherty. Facilities on the property include 28 paddocks, 14 holding paddocks, five steel cattle yards, 26 bores, three dams, and roughly of roadways, which incorporate about of bitumen on the Buntine Highway.
As the second oldest pastoral lease in the Northern Territory, Delamere was initially called Glencoe Station. It was granted in 1878 to Travers and Gibson, who subsequently sold it in 1881 to Charles Fisher and Maurice Lyons for cash. At that time, the property covered and was stocked with 2,000 cattle. Fisher and Lyons later took over the lease for Victoria River Downs Station. The first herd was driven overland from Aramac by Nathaniel Buchanan. By 1884, livestock numbers had grown to approximately 7,000 cattle and 400 horses.
In 2002, ownership rested with a group of four businessmen: Neville Walker, Leo Venturin, Henry Townshend, and James Osbourne. Managed then by Alistair and Rachel Trier, the property encompassed . Initially passed in at auction for AUD 14.5 million, it was sold later that year for AUD 15.25 million. The sale included around 29,000 Brahman and Brahman cross cattle. The purchaser was the Texas-based Tejas Land and Cattle Company, represented locally by Milton Jones.