Host: Gallipoli Station
Owner: North Australian Pastoral Company (NAPCO), Manager- Stephen Bryce
Region: Barkly Tablelands, NT
Nearest town for shopping, doctors etc: Mount Isa
Nearest Roadhouse: 96kms south to Camooweal
Number of cattle: Holding capacity is 20,000 head approximately (varies with seasons)
Number of staff: 13
Size of station: 403,000 hectares, 995,834 acres
How often and how the mail is delivered: Mail is delivered once a week via company plane
How often and how the stores shopping is done: Dry store orders every 3 months, fresh fruit and veg and bread, delivered once a week via company plane
How far off the bitumen you are: 96kms of unsealed, inaccessible in the wet
Gallipoli Station is an Outstation of Alexandria Station. Alexandria is the North Australian Pastoral Company’s largest and oldest property and is spread over approximately 3.98 million acres of the Barkly Tablelands in the Northern Territory. Gallipoli Station is currently carrying approximately 15,000 head of breeders.
In addition to the Overseer and his family, there are 10 employees currently at Gallipoli Station. This includes 6 in the stock camp, two pumpers, a grader driver and a cook.
Thanks for having us host for the week. I hope you enjoy our blogs.
From Gatton to Gallipoli
Host: Gallipoli Station Written by Kylie – Station Cook, Gallipoli. Hi Everyone, I’m Kylie. I’ve been the cook here at Gallipoli for the last two and a half months. Here is just a little about my background . . . I grew up in the outer western suburbs of Brisbane, with my parents and three […]
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The cattle of Gallipoli
Host: Gallipoli Station Written by Jamie ‘Irish’ Smith – Station Hand, Gallipoli. I worked for NAP Co for two years at Coorabulka Station in 2008 and 2009. We ran steers, an absolute dream to work in the yards and to muster. Since then I have worked with cattle in New Zealand, the UK, and did a short […]
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Changes in the Gallipoli Schoolroom
Host: Gallipoli Station Written by Chloe French – Governess, Gallipoli. G’day, I’m Chloe the Gallipoli Governess (Govy). I have been working for the Bishop family for almost two years now. I teach three kids that I lovingly refer to as, ‘my minions’. First up, Lachlan in year four, Georgia in year one, and last but […]
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My Mishmash Mob
Host: Gallipoli Station Written by Jack Bishop – Overseer, Gallipoli Station. Hello all Central Station followers, and a big hello from Gallipoli Station! A little bit of info on us for you before we start – we are an outstation to Alexandria Station in the Northern Territory, 96km North of Camooweal, just a pinch over the […]
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Bring on Christmas!
Host: Gallipoli Station Written by Jacki Bishop – Overseer, Gallipoli Station. So I am writing this at the time of year when we all start saying “can’t wait for the wet, have just booked my holiday down the coast” etc. Unfortunately, the brain hears this and tends to head off early. Don’t worry, it’s not […]
