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Korong Station

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Korong Station
Company typePastoral lease
IndustryAgriculture
Foundedbefore 1914
Headquarters
Australia
Area served
Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia
ProductsSheep, wool

Korong Station functioned as a pastoral lease and sheep grazing property in Western Australia, situated approximately westward of Laverton and eastward of Leonora within the Goldfields-Esperance area. It shared a boundary with Mount Crawford Station.

In 1898, gold extraction took place on leases named Korong located in the Mount Margaret goldfields.

Korong had been established prior to 1914 and was engaged in sheep breeding, though it maintained a modest stock level due to limited rainfall. By 1926, the station's sheep numbers had risen to 5,000. In 1928, a kitchen fire destroyed the homestead; at that time, Mr. Williams—station manager and part-owner of the pastoral company—managed around 7,000 sheep despite challenging dry weather.

The flock size at Korong expanded to 12,000 sheep by 1935, yielding 250 wool bales during the shearing season.

In 1947, Hugo Green purchased Korong along with the adjacent Mount Crawford from the Mount Crawford Pastoral Company. By the following year, the combined properties supported a total flock of 12,000 sheep.

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