Cubbie Station
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Cubbie Station, located near Dirranbandi, Australia, is the largest privately owned (Cubbie Group) irrigation property in the southern hemisphere.
The station was created by amalgamating 12 floodplain properties to give Cubbie a total of 51 water licences[1]. Its huge water storage dams stretch for more than 28 km along the Culgoa River, part of the Murray-Darling system. In an average year the Station uses 200,000 megaliters of water, in a good year as much as 500,000 megalitres.
The water is used to supply 130 square kilometres of irrigated cotton, which brings in about $50 million a year.[2]
- Licenced to take 460,000 megalitres. [1]
- Managing director:John Grabbe
- Capacity to grow 200 km² of cotton
- In 2006 the dams were filled to 1% capacity allowing for only 2 km² of cotton planting [1]
The station is often derided for its large water usage requirements in a time of extreme drought in Australia, and the then Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull did not rule out its acquisition by the government.[3]
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- ^ a b c Cubbie Station down to 1pc water capacity (2006). Retrieved on 2006-10-17.
- ^ The rise and rise of Cubbie Station (2000). Retrieved on 2006-07-26.
- ^ Turnbull eyes Asian Food Boom (2008). Retrieved on 2007-02-08.
