Ellerston, New South Wales

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Ellerston
New South Wales
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Ellerston Pastoral station
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Population unknown (2006)Note1
Postcode(s) 2337
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
  • 322 km (200 mi) N of Sydney
  • 68 km (42 mi) NE of Scone
LGA(s) Upper Hunter Shire[1]
Region Hunter[1]
County Durham[2]
Parish Mamaran[2]
State electorate(s) Upper Hunter[3]
Federal Division(s) Hunter[4]

Ellerston is a rural locality of the Upper Hunter Shire local government area, about 68 kilometres (42 mi) north-east of Scone in the Upper Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][2][5] It is about 322 km (200 mi) from Sydney, the state capital.

Ellerston Pastoral

Ellerston Pastoral station is a large property that was owned by media mogul Kerry Packer and since his death is run by other members of the Packer family. The property's primary purpose is as a cattle and sheep station, running 11,000 Hereford cattle and 6500 Merino wethers.[6]

The property also boasts some of Australia's best polo fields.[7] In 2004 its golf course was rated number four in Australia. The course, which was designed by Greg Norman and Bob Harrison, is exclusive and open only to members and guests, so, on some weeks, only six people play golf there.[8] The property is like many of the properties that allegedly have low rent from the government. Allegedly the low rent as within the newspaper in 2003 shows the farm was being provided the land at a minimal rent.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ The Australian Bureau of Statistics does not provide population data for Ellerston, only its postcode area, which includes several other localities.[10] The population of the postcode area, at the time of the 2006 Census, was 7361.[11]

References

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  9. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/29/1062050666737.html
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