Riverina sheep station Thelangerin finds new owner after 140 years
One of the Riverina’s original sheep stations, Thelangerin, which hit the market 140 years after its last sale, has been sold pre-auction.
Held by the McFarland family since 1872, Thelangerin is a 21,095-hectare holding near Hay.
Its Ray White Rural Deniliquin selling agent Jeff Shand confirmed its sale, but said the sale details could not be disclosed.
The property started with the issue of a land grant of 640 acres (259 hectares) for lot one in the parish of Thellangering to Scottish pastoralist John Peter in 1867.
Thelangerin passed briefly to the McVean family before being acquired by Captain Andrew McFarland and his brother, Robert, in 1872.
The run as a whole originally comprised 47,000 acres (19,020 hectares).
Its original homestead dates from the 1860s and was added to in 1875 and again in 1888 during the great 1880s wool and land boom.
Thelangerin, which fronts about 50 kilometres of the Lachlan River, is rated to carry 11,700 dry sheep equivalents.
Thelangerin has a history of rice crops and cereals including oats, barley and wheat, as well as winter pasture.
Thelangerin is positioned on the river adjoining three newly created National Parks. It was briefly listed in mid-2010 with $220-plus hopes per hectare.
