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Glenroy

Australian Abattoirs, Glenroy, Kimberley, Western Australia 20/06/2013 Leave a comment

Current Operation

  • Closed(1964)1

Location              

  • Located on Glenroy Station, 190 miles(304km) S of Wyndham 160 miles(256km) E of Derby1

Australia. Glenroy

map Glenroy

Owner

  • Kidman – period of 1920’s – 30’s2

                               

Operation

  • Processed 60 head cattle a day1

History

1920’s – 1930’s

  • Cattle supplied from Victoria River Downs which at that stage was owned by Emmual, Forrest and Yuill with Kidman. Pg 1152

Sources

  1. ‘Northern Australian beef Industry – Assessment of risks and opportunities’ ABARE 2012
  2. ‘The Australian livestock export trade’ Nigel Austin. 2011