Gabyon Station
[1] The current owners of the 271,139-hectare (669,999-acre) property are Michael Trant and Gemma Cripps, who have opened a farm stay business to supplement the station income following the collapse of the live sheep trade.[2] Established prior to 1890, the property was owned by Mr. Lacy in 1891 and was on the route from Geraldton used to travel to the Murchison goldfields.It was advertised as occupying an area of 564,640 acres (228,502 ha) divided into 20 paddocks with 260 miles (418 km) of fencing and stocked with 11,000 sheep Improvements included a stone homestead, 16-stand shearing shed, 14 windmills and two 10,000-imperial-gallon (45,461 L) water storage tanks.[7] In 1910, Arthur Charles Gillam purchased Gabyon after he had disposed of Chirritta Station in the Pilbara to the Withnell brothers for £20,000.[9] In 2011 the area was devastated by bushfires, with Gabyon losing 103,000 hectares (254,519 acres) of grazing land to the flames.