Place: Station Records - Fanning River Station. Fanning River Station, via Mingela. 4816
Summary
The Fanning River lease was originally taken up by Robert Towns in 1861, it passed to the Oriental Bank, and was then abandoned for a period, until the late 1870s when it was taken up by Mr Henry Abbott. The property remained in the hands of the Abbott family until well into the twentieth century; in the 1930s it passed to Mr H.M. Clarke MBE, former chairman of the Dalrymple Shire, who continues to run the station. Mr Clarke holds the following records at Fanning River:
Diaries, July 1935-present.
Account books, July 1935-present.
Wages record, July 1935-present.
Stock returns, July 1935-present.
Branding records, July 1935-present.
Horse books, July 1935-present.
Land Court rentals, 1940, 1951, 1965.
Rainfall records, January, 1930-present, missing 1934.