Kalala Station

Kalala Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory of Australia.

Location
The property is situated approximately 10 km north west of Daly Waters and 150 km north of Elliott and 280 km south of Katherine in the Roper Gulf Region of the Northern Territory.

Description
The property has an area of 3760 sqkm and has double frontage to the Stuart Highway and is composed of a mix of black soil country with areas of arable red country. In 2019 it was carrying a herd of around 35,000 head of Brahman cattle.

History
The property was acquired by the Langenhoven family in 2019 for A$$58 million, the family had also recently acquired McMinn Station and the neighbouring Big River Station. The property was sold to them by the Murphy family who had owned it since 2005.

The property was initially established Nelson Bunker Hunt, a Texan billionaire who both owned and operated the station in the 1960s and 1970s. The Beebe brothers, Mick and Roy, acquired the property from Hunt in the late 1970s and made many significant improvements until they sold to the Murphys in 2005 who continued to invest in more infrastructure.