Kanyaka Homestead, Quorn - Hawker Rd, Hawker, SA, Australia
Posted by: 
blingg
S 32° 04.350 E 138° 17.983
54H E 245103 N 6448337
The ruins of a sheep station buildings
Waymark Code: WM153TQ
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 10/11/2021
Views: 2
Kanyaka Homestead was a self-sufficient small village, consisting of a large homestead, workers cottages, stables, workshops, shearing sheds and huts. Most of the buildings were built of local stone. Established in 1852 initially as a cattle station, but later changing to sheep, it became one of the largest in the area, employing and housing approximately 70 families.
The 24 stand shearing shed and shearers quarters were established 1.5km away and in the 1864 season 41,000 sheep were shorn,
However the heat and the droughts eventually caused the station to be abandoned in 1888.
List: Register of the National Estate
Place ID: 6900
Place File No: 3/07/223/0001
URL database reference: [Web Link]
Year built: 1852
Status: Not listed
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