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Currently occupying an area of 85,000 acres (34,398 ha) the property is still operating as a sheep station but also as a farmstay for tourists. The area is arid and most water is pumped from bores, though
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The station was established around 1863 by the
Barrier Ranges Company, which included George Urquhart, the owner of the neighbouring Kinchega Station. The property takes its name from Mount Gibbs, named by
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Indigenous name for Mount Gipps is Coonbaralba. Mount Gipps was the first established station in the Barrier Range area and one of the first west of the
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