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Mungerannie Hotel Airport (MNE) Latitude: -28.0 ( South 28° 0' 0" ) Longitude: 138.6 ( East 138° 36' 0" ) Road Distances 301km South of Birdsville Qld 210km North of Maree, Sth Australia on the Birdsville Track |
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Mungerannie Hotel Airport (MNE) Latitude: -28.0 ( South 28° 0' 0" ) Longitude: 138.6 ( East 138° 36' 0" ) Road Distances 301km South of Birdsville Qld 210km North of Maree, Sth Australia on the Birdsville Track |
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Dulkaninna Station
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| Much of the country that now comprises Dulkaninna was
originally part of the Mundowdna run owned by Kidman interests. In 1896 the Department of
Lands allotted part of this run – a 255 square mile block called Dulkaninna North
East – to George William Barrett, who was George Bell’s grandfather.
In 1902 an additional 73 square mile block known as Dulkaninna East was added to George Barrett’s holding. In 1915 Dulkaninna was sold out of the family to Sinclair and Scott and later to the Avon Downs Pastoral Company from Camooweal, Queensland. Because of severe and prolonged dry times the new lessees closed the place down and walked off it in 1920. Dulkaninna was then unoccupied for 10 years until George Bell’s father Dave Bell successfully applied for its re-allotment in 1930. In 1932 he took his family to the station from Adelaide and they have been there ever since. In 1982 the Pastoral Board facilitated the addition to Dulkaninna of the 996 sq km Cooryanna block to the east that had formerly been part of Murnpeowie. This was to build up the size of the holding to its current 1,964 sq km.
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