Credo Station
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Credo is a pastoral lease located about 70 km north west of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
in the Goldfields of Western Australia
,
The pastoral lease was acquired by the Department of Environment and Conservation in 2007 and is now used as a tourist destination which offer overnight stays in the six donga
s on the site.
The explorer Ernest Giles
passed through the area in 1875 and had an unfortunate encounter at nearby Ularring Rock with an Aboriginal tribe.
The station was set up by William Henry Halford who arrived in the area in 1904 after departing from Mintabying in South Australia
in 1903 via Fowlers Bay
, Eucla
and Balladonia
.
Halford set up the Overland Dairy near Kalgoorlie and started to run cattle from Binyarinyinna near Lake Cowan to Kalgoorlie and acquiring pastoral leases. The family set up a homestead at Black Flag
and Credo was initially an outstation.
Credo itself was established in 1906-1907.
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Kalgoorlie, known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is a town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, and is located east-northeast of state capital Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway...
in the Goldfields of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
,
The pastoral lease was acquired by the Department of Environment and Conservation in 2007 and is now used as a tourist destination which offer overnight stays in the six donga
Donga
-Places in Africa:*Donga River, Nigeria and Cameroon*Donga Department, in Benin*Donga, Angola, a town*Donga, Nigeria, a town and Local Government Area in Taraba State-Persons:, Ernesto dos Santos, the first recorder of Brazilian samba...
s on the site.
The explorer Ernest Giles
Ernest Giles
William Ernest Powell Giles , best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer who led three major expeditions in central Australia.- Early life :...
passed through the area in 1875 and had an unfortunate encounter at nearby Ularring Rock with an Aboriginal tribe.
The station was set up by William Henry Halford who arrived in the area in 1904 after departing from Mintabying in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
in 1903 via Fowlers Bay
Fowlers Bay, South Australia
Fowlers Bay, formerly Yalata, is a small coastal town in South Australia, located approximately north west of the state capital, Adelaide. Situated on the Nullarbor Plain, it was once an active port and a gateway to the western reaches of the continent, but fell into decline in the 1960s...
, Eucla
Eucla, Western Australia
Eucla is the easternmost locality in Western Australia, located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Eyre Highway, approximately west of the South Australian border...
and Balladonia
Balladonia, Western Australia
Balladonia is a small roadhouse community located on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia, Australia. It is the first stop east of Norseman on the long journey east across the Nullarbor Plain...
.
Halford set up the Overland Dairy near Kalgoorlie and started to run cattle from Binyarinyinna near Lake Cowan to Kalgoorlie and acquiring pastoral leases. The family set up a homestead at Black Flag
Black Flag, Western Australia
Black Flag is a ghost town in Western Australia, located 30 km north west of Kalgoorlie It is on the Black Flag to Ora Banda Road in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia....
and Credo was initially an outstation.
Credo itself was established in 1906-1907.