A PROPERTY offering the scale of Eaglehawk Station has been missing from Broken Hill’s rural property market for quite some time.
At almost 30,000 hectares the station’s recent listing with Elders Broken Hill provides an opportunity for a buyer looking to stretch their legs in the Western Division.
Eaglehawk Station belongs to Ron and Marilyn Harvy.
Many readers will be familiar with the Harvy family who settled in the Broken Hill district in the early 1900s.
Ron’s great-grandfather Thomas William Harvy selected Pine Point Station, which adjoins Eaglehawk Station, in 1910 and the property has been kept in the family since.
The dams have been recently cleaned out and some are almost full.
- Marilyn Harvy
For the past 37 years Ron and Marilyn have farmed together, having added Eaglehawk Station to their holdings in 1997.
A 15,643ha portion of Pine Point is being parceled in with this sale but Ron and Marilyn will continue to farm the remainder of Pine Point.
“We have five children and they love coming home for holidays but none of them want to take on the family business,” Mrs Harvy said.
The couple, who trade as Pine Point Pastoral, run a self replacing flock of Merinos. Their stocking rates seasonally vary from 7000 to 10,000 head.
Their emphasis during the past 10 years has been to reduce the micron from 25 to 22 with the young weaners cutting as low as 18 micron.
The country is in good nick right now and would comfortably accommodate 7000 sheep.
“The dams have been recently cleaned out and some are almost full. We’ve got good ground water, too,” she said.
Native grasses include Mitchell and Button grass, native clovers, salt bush, Sturt’s Desert Pea and Crows Foot. Timer includes oak, mulga and bullock bush.
Annual rainfall is about 228 millimetres and the place has four licensed bores.
The homestead features five bedrooms plus a workers’ cottage.
The woolshed on Eaglehawk Station stands four.
The station will be auctioned on July 28 at Broken Hill Football Club.