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Maryvale Station

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Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Maryvale Station, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 11 August 2025
Maryvale Station
Company typePastoral lease
IndustryCattle station
Headquarters
Northern Territory
,
Australia
Area served
Northern Territory, Australia
ProductsCattle

Maryvale Station operates as a pastoral lease functioning as a cattle station situated in the Northern Territory of Australia. Positioned roughly south of Alice Springs and eastward from Yulara, the property is intersected by the seasonal Finke River and Hugh River, yet it depends on bores and dams to supply water for livestock. The Indigenous settlement of Titjikala is located within its perimeter. Adjacent stations include Horseshoe Bend Station, Allambi, Deep Well, Orange Creek, Henbury, and Idracowra Stations.

The station contains the prominent geological feature known as Chambers Pillar. It maintains an average herd size of around 6,500 cattle and is equipped with a three-bedroom main residence, a four-bedroom house for staff, accommodations for workers, a workshop, storage sheds, cattle yards, and 14 separate paddocks.

By 2014, Maryvale was placed on the market along with no fewer than 15 other pastoral properties located within the Kimberley and Northern Territory areas. In April 2018, businessman Viv Oldfield purchased the station for .

Early history

The name Maryvale Station honors Mary Hayes, spouse of William Hayes, who managed this station in the early twentieth century alongside Owen Springs, Mount Burrell, Deep Well, and Undoolya Stations.

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