Anthony Lagoon is a cattle station on the Barkly Tableland in the Northern Territory

Northern Territory

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, Australia

Australia

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. It is named after a permanent lagoon on the Cresswell Creek, discovered by Ernest Favenc in 1878. It became a watering hole for cattle stock being moved from the Kimberleys to Queensland

Queensland

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. A police station was established here in 1895 to keep a watch over the cattle passing through the area. This was absorbed into the Avon Downs Police District in 1982. In 2006, the Anthony Lagoon cattle station was sold to Australian Agricultural Company

Australian Agricultural Company

The Australian Agricultural Company is a company which serves to improve beef cattle production through responsible natural resource and land use...

. The airport code for Anthony Lagoon is AYL.