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The property currently occupies an area of 150,000 acres (234 sq mi; 607 km) and also offers tourist accommodation. The property has been owned by the Fels family since 1886 over five generations and in 1968 they opened up the property to tourists. The Fels family are extremely
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In 1949 the property had been placed on the market by P. L. Fels when it occupied an area of 22,245 acres (9,002 ha) and was divided into six sheep-proof paddocks. It had a four bedrooms
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The Station is composed of a variety of hilly ranges, sandhills and clay plains country, with intermediate to large grass valleys, slopes and flats. Feed available to stock include
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J. A. Fels sold off A 4,000 acres (1,619 ha) portion of the property in 1905. The section had two wells and had not been stocked for three years at the time of sale.
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station (formally 'bosworths lake' station of which sir Sidney Kidman held an interest). and again in 1993 with the purchase of
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station to give a total area of 290,000 acres, making it one of the largest pastoral properties in South Australia.
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The original Merna Mora run was increased in size in 1978 with the Purchase of
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accomplished bushmen due to long establishment in the outback.
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Merna Mora is located in South Australia
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31°32′43″S 138°23′27″E / 31.5453°S 138.39081°E / -31.5453; 138.39081 (Merna Mora)
pastoral lease
sheep station
cattle station
Flinders Ranges
South Australia

Wilpena Pound
Lake Torrens
Hawker
Blinman
black oak
Acacia
bullock bush
springs
Central Australia Railway
homestead
woolshed
water wells
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