Muccan Station
pastoral lease in the Pilbara region of western Australia
Muccan or Muccan Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station that once operated as a sheep station, located approximately 68 kilometres (42 mi) north east of Marble Bar and 155 kilometres (96 mi) south east of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Kookenyia Creek and the De Grey River run through the property. The country is gently undulating with large areas of spinifex.
The lease was initially taken up by Messrs. Grant, Anderson and Edgar, who appointed Christopher Coppin as manager to pioneer the property in 1879. After seven years at Muccan Coppin left and took up the neighbouring lease and founded Yarrie Station.
Some time later the Darlot brothers acquired the 387,000-acre (156,613 ha) property, which they exchanged with Ball and Corbett for the Warrawagine country that the pair held.
By 1897 the property was owned by the Ball brothers and Michael Corbett with at least 5,000 sheep being run at the station. The partnership was dissolved in 1900, leaving Corbett and one of the Ball brothers in charge. By 1906 approximately 17,000 sheep were shorn at Muccan.
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