Passed in: NSW’s Digilah Station returns to the market - Property Central
Dunedoo’s Digilah Station, in central western New South Wales, has been listed for sale for $6.65 million after failing to sell at auction recently.
The large-scale livestock enterprise, equally suited to cattle and sheep breeding and fattening, was expected to sell for between $6.5m and $7.5m.
The 1303ha of country is situated 106km from Dubbo and comprises fertile and versatile soil types ideal for both grazing and farming.
The country ranges from light to medium loams and heavy alluvial chocolate soils along the creek flats.
The hill country is predominantly red and black basalt soils, with the topography ranging from level to undulating.
In the past, Digilah Station has run around 500 Angus cows and calves and 1200 Merino ewes and lambs.
The Merrygoen Creek traverses the property with three permanent water holes. There are a number of large dams which are either new or have been extended.
Digilah was originally taken up by Robert Moore Richardson in 1854 for sheep grazing. Ten years later it became the home station for the Patrick empire that stretched from Merrygoen, Leadville and beyond Dunedoo.
In 1914, the crown acquired most of the leased lands for closer settlement, reducing Digilah to its present size.
The woolshed is a masterpiece of early colonial architecture with its timber frame of huge round iron bark posts, and pine crossbeams, clad in vertical iron bark timber slabs.
For the past 50 years, the property has been owned by retiring Bob and Fay Callow.
The sale of Digilah Station is being handled by David Nolan from Webster Nolan.
