Fraser Range Station
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Fraser Range Station is a pastoral lease and sheep station
located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Norseman
in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia
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Established in 1870 by John
and Alexander Forrest
on their expedition to Adelaide the property has a length of 160 kilometres (99 mi) and occupies an area of approximately 500000 acre.
Located along the western Nullabor Plain the station bears little resemblance to the rest of the Nullabor. It has a dense Eucalypt
hardwood forest that dominates much of the area. The trees grow to a height of 20 metres (66 ft) to 30 metres (98 ft) and are surrounded by a dense undergrowth. From the gumtrees the granite
Fraser range rises, the highest point being Mount Pleasant which as an elevation of 679 metres (2,228 ft).
The Dempster brothers
were the first settlers on the station and arrived in 1872.
Station (Australian agriculture)
Station is the term for a large Australian landholding used for livestock production. It corresponds to the North American term ranch or South American estancia...
located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of Norseman
Norseman, Western Australia
Norseman is a town located in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia along the Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, east of Perth and above sea level. It is also the starting point of the Eyre Highway, and the last major town in Western Australia before the South Australian border to the...
in the Goldfields-Esperance region 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...
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Established in 1870 by John
John Forrest
Sir John Forrest GCMG was an Australian explorer, the first Premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australia's first federal parliament....
and Alexander Forrest
Alexander Forrest
Alexander Forrest CMG, was an explorer and surveyor of Western Australia, as well as a politician.-Early life:Forrest was born at Picton, near Bunbury in Western Australia, the son of William and Margaret Forrest...
on their expedition to Adelaide the property has a length of 160 kilometres (99 mi) and occupies an area of approximately 500000 acre.
Located along the western Nullabor Plain the station bears little resemblance to the rest of the Nullabor. It has a dense Eucalypt
Eucalypt
Eucalypts are woody plants belonging to three closely related genera:Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora.In 1995 new evidence, largely genetic, indicated that some prominent Eucalyptus species were actually more closely related to Angophora than to the other eucalypts; they were split off into the...
hardwood forest that dominates much of the area. The trees grow to a height of 20 metres (66 ft) to 30 metres (98 ft) and are surrounded by a dense undergrowth. From the gumtrees the granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
Fraser range rises, the highest point being Mount Pleasant which as an elevation of 679 metres (2,228 ft).
The Dempster brothers
Charles Dempster
Charles Stewart 'Stewie' Dempster was a former New Zealand cricketer and coach...
were the first settlers on the station and arrived in 1872.