Australian Cattle Stations Archives - SuggPix Australian Photography

The Condamine River Road Opened in the 1800’s with 14 River Crossings.

15/10/2026 suggpixc 2

The Condamine River Road, often called the 14 River Crossings Road, is a scenic 4WD route near Killarney, Queensland, running through Cambanoora Gorge along the upper reaches of the Condamine River. The road is famous […]

Kents Pocket in the Queensland Scenic Rim.

15/04/2026 suggpixc 3

Historical context: why records are scarce for Kents PocketKents Pocket has never been a township or parish, but a small rural pocket of land within the larger Fassifern district near Boonah. Because of this, early […]

The Cowangie District Village in the Mallee.

03/04/2026 suggpixc 2

The Cowangie District Village and Kow Plains Pastoral Runs The Cowangie district lies between the Murray‑Sunset and Big Desert landscapes of Victoria’s Mallee. Long before a village existed, the area formed part of the Kow […]

An Old Cattle Station Tells its Own Story

13/02/2026 suggpixc 2

An old cattle Station near Hay in NSW… a story from the perspective of the Station. “I have stood here longer than any of them remember. Before the fences, before the homestead roof was […]

Historic Yanga Station in the Western Riverina District, NSW

21/12/2025 suggpixc 2

Yanga Station is located on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River in the Western Riverina district of New South Wales, within the Low Bidgee Floodplain. European settlement began with explorers Charles Sturt (1829) and Thomas […]

The Old Gold Fields of Paddy’s Flat

15/06/2024 suggpixc 0

Diggers flocked to the area from Tooloom in the early 1870’s however most of the local population had departed by 1890. Some went back to Tooloom to try their luck. There are no visible remains […]

The Historic Village of Bonalbo in NSW

11/06/2024 suggpixc 0

Bonalbo, a rural village in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, John Donald McLean was the first European to settle in the area. He was a Scotsman who moved his sheep up from […]

Another Collins Family Historic Church at Mundoolun, Queensland

23/10/2023 suggpixc 0

This was the first Church to be built on Station land by the Collins family. Details of the the second, at Tamrookum, are in the previous post. In 1842 William Humphries and Paul and Clem […]

Historic All Saints Memorial Church, Tamrookum

17/10/2023 suggpixc 0

All Saints Memorial Church, Tamrookum, Queensland This family owned timber church designed by Robin Dods, was erected by August 1915 and dedicated on 31 August 1915 by the Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, St Clair Donaldson, […]

Texas in Queensland survived the great flood of 1921.

02/10/2023 suggpixc 0

Texas, is on the Dumaresq River in Queensland, 240 km from Brisbane. The population is around 900 people. The settlement was originally part of the Texas Cattle Station and by 1880 the surrounding area was […]