Leinster Downs
| Company type | Pastoral lease |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | before 1909 |
| Founder | Henry Saunders |
| Headquarters | Leinster, Western Australia , Australia |
Area served | Goldfields–Esperance region |
| Products | Sheep, previously cattle and horses |
Leinster Downs Station is a pastoral lease situated in Western Australia that shifted its focus from operating as a cattle station to functioning as a sheep station.
Positioned approximately north of Leinster and to the south of Wiluna within the Goldfields–Esperance area, it shares boundaries with Pinnacles Station to the south and Wildara Station to the southwest.
The land is traditionally owned by the Wanmala, Tjupan, and Pini communities.
Founded prior to 1909 by Henry Saunders, a mining entrepreneur and political figure who purchased the Leinster gold mine in 1900, Leinster Downs initially focused on breeding and selling horses for the goldfields. By the year 1920, it was functioning as a cattle station, operating alongside neighboring properties including Dandarraga and Sturt Meadows.
In approximately 1925, the Nairn brothers—who also managed Yarrabubba Station—took ownership of Leinster Downs. At that point, the station was stocked with sheep over an area of about . The brick homestead originally constructed by Saunders was lost to a fire in 1936.
The Leinster Downs Pastoral Company maintained ownership until 1949, after which Noel White and his family became the proprietors.