Outback property the size of Sydney once coveted by Twiggy now on sale

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Australia’s biggest sheep station, Rawlinna, has been listed for public sale for the first time since being developed in the 1960s by veteran grazier Hugh MacLachlan – after mining magnate Andrew Forrest abandoned plans to acquire it for a future renewable energy project. Spanning 1,046,323 hectares – about the size of Greater Sydney – Rawlinna Station, about 400 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, has a carrying capacity of almost 70,000 sheep and is considered a “wool powerhouse”.

It shares its border with the Trans Australia train line running from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie and is a stop on the Indian Pacific luxury train route. Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Introducing your Newsfeed Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.

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