OUTBACK Stations 2023

For the seventh edition of OUTBACK Stations magazine, we’ve sent photojournalists from one end of the country to the other to build a comprehensive snapshot of the Australian pastoral sector. With engaging storytelling and stunning imagery, each of the 10 stories delivers insight into the history, people, infrastructure and endeavours of the featured properties. Vast cattle stations, such as Jubilee Downs in Western Australia’s Kimberley, historic Wave Hill and female-forward Anthony Lagoon in the Northern Territory, and sprawling sheep operations, such as Mulyungarie and Mulgathing in outback South Australia, provide the large-scale perspective on the breadth and diversity of the industry. In Queensland, innovation is key at Miranda Downs in the Gulf, while Brightlands in the state’s north-west shines a light on one of Australia’s largest family-owned cattle companies. Smaller but no less significant operations are Deeargee in the New England district of NSW, Cobungra, Australia’s highest cattle station in north-eastern Victoria and Rotherwood in Tasmania’s Central Highlands.

OUTBACK Stations 2023 is available now for $14.00 with free postage in Australia. We also have a limited number of our 2021 edition still available.

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Ella Mcrae supervises a mob of sheep heading into holding yards on Mulyungarie station. Photo by Ken Eastwood.

Roustabout Melinda 'Red' O'Connor-Mason at the sorting table on Mulgathing station. Photo by Andrew Hull.

Ringer Bonnie Nugent and John Lutvey return gear to the tack room on Anthony Lagoon station. Photo by David Kelly.

A mob of mainly Wagyu is coaxed across the Gilbert River on Miranda Downs. Photo by Ken Eastwood.

At capacity, Deeargee’s octagonal shearing shed can hold up to 2,000 sheep. Photo by Ken Brass.

On Brightlands station, Henry Crawford puts cattle through the yards with Sam Skipper on the rails and Henry Gray helping out from behind. Photo by David Kelly.

Tilda and Billie Smith take a little time out from their afternoon chores on Jubilee Downs. Photo by Mark Muller.

James McShane musters sheep in the back country on Rotherwood. Photo by Andrew Bain.

Aerial view of Cobungra station with the homestead in the foreground. Photo by Neil Newitt.

Dusk falls on Wave Hill station's Camerons Yards after a long day of mustering. Photo by Nathan Dyer.

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OUTBACK Stations 2023

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