Talk:King Ranch (Tully River Station)

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I'm querying tbe pagename disambiguation. There's King Ranch in the USA, so this page could have been King Ranch (Queensland). That would probably have been more in line with normal Wikipedia disambiguation. 220  of  ßorg 19:50, 10 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi 220, thanks for the suggestion. King Ranch also had a property in Clermont which was expanded into Elgin Downs and New Twin Hills in Western Queensland so it seemed appropriate to specify the connection with the Tully River Station in this instance. Threecreeks (talk) 21:26, 10 April 2021 (UTC) (indent added-220)
 * The King family who ran King Ranch in Texas USA? Apparently Brunette Downs Station in the NT is a "King Ranch subsidiary", if that's of any interest. 220  of  ßorg 03:10, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Yes I imagine it would almost certainly be connected to them as Bob Kleberg is their descendant and I believe that he managed Brunette downs in the 50’s well before the Tully River King Ranch was even established. I’m not sure how many grazing properties (if any) are still owned and run by them in Queensland as locating the scant referenceable historical material on the Tully River station alone has proven to be enough of a challenge over the last month or so. (Definitely something to add to my broader historical research list however.) Threecreeks (talk) 04:00, 11 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately Bob Kleberg (I presume 'Robert J. Kleberg' & maybe 'the third' too ??) doesn't have a BLP, unlike his father Robert J. Kleberg (King Ranch), brother Richard M. Kleberg, and grandfather, Robert J. Kleberg. There at least 2 more relatives on WP. A rather notable family! Gramps page shows the connection:
 * "Robert Justus Kleberg, Jr. (1853-1932) managed the King Ranch and later married Alice Gertrudis King, the youngest daughter of cattle baron, Captain Richard King."
 * - 220  of  ßorg 05:30, 11 April 2021 (UTC)

Fascinating stuff, thanks for this. I might try and put together a Bio for him on WP over the next few weeks after I spend some more time with the material I have on him. I think there’s a good Australian Environmental History thesis to be gotten out of this topic by the the right person (if it hasn’t already been done). Threecreeks (talk) 10:45, 11 April 2021 (UTC)