Mount Doreen Station

Mount Doreen

Location in the Northern Territory

Mount Doreen Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

It is situated about 142 kilometres (88 mi) north East of Papunya and approximately 319 kilometres (198 mi) north west of Alice Springs just off the Tanami Track in the central region of the Northern Territory. The property shares a boundary with Yunkanjini Aboriginal Land Trust to the south, the Yuendumu Aboriginal Land Trust to the east, the Mala Aboriginal Land Trust to the north and the Lake MacKay Aboriginal Land Trust to the west. The nearest leases are Newhaven to the south and Mount Denison to the east.

The traditional owners of the area are the Walpiri peoples who received regnition for their native title on the area. The initial application had been filed with the Federal Court in 2005 the later withdrawn in 2011 and filed again shortly afterward with recognition being awarded in 2013.

The station was established by Bill and Doreen Braitling in 1932, the pair had acquired the lease after a few years working as drovers in the Territory. The property is named after Doreen Braitling.

The station owner, Walter Matthew Braitling, was charged with animal cruelty in 2013 after an incident that had occurred in 2012 where he failed to alleviate the suffering of a cow with a deformed head and another that had an ingrown horn. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was later found guilty, but had no conviction recorded.

As of 2014 the 7,337 square kilometres (2,833 sq mi) property was still on the market along with at least 15 others.

See also

• List of ranches and stations
• List of the largest stations in Australia