A OF 2010 INDUSTRY AND ISSN: 1325-9539 March 2014 A Barkly icon hangs up his boots After a whopping 23 going into 24 years on the Barkly, managers, Ross and Robyn Peatling of NAPCO’s up their Barkly and move south. Alexandria Station have decided to ‘hang boots’ Growing up in the Queensland coastal town of Childers near Bundaberg, and being a son of a company falling in love with the bush. accountant, Ross’s ‘rural’ experience was limited, but that didn’t stop him After leaving school Ross enrolled at the Longreach Pastoral College in 1967. He then worked as a ringer for Hooker Pastoral Co. at at Longreach before being transferred south to work ‘Strathdarr Station’ on a sheep and cattle station near Moree in New South Wales which was owned by the same ‘Balarang’, company. He held a meeting with himself and decided that sheep were not for him and made the decision to try cattle. The pull of the north was too strong and in 1972 Ross started work for Stanbroke Pastoral Company on near Dajarra in North West Queensland and after 12 months was promoted to a head ‘Stanbroke’ was here that Ross met Robyn. Ross and Robyn continued on with Stanbroke stockmen’s position. It and worked on at Cloncurry and at Collinsville before leaving the company in ‘Fort Constantine’ ‘Havilah’ 1979 after being offered the at near Normanton in the manager’s position ‘Wondoola Station’ Queensland gulf. After spending eight years in this position, Ross and Robyn then spent time on the
A 2010 ISSN: 1325-9539 March 2014 A Barkly icon hangs up his boots After a whopping 23 going into 24 years on the Barkly, managers, Ross and Robyn Peatling of NAPCO’s Alexandria Station have decided to ‘hang up their Barkly boots’ and move south. Growing up in the Queensland coastal town of Childers near Bundaberg, and being a son of a company accountant, Ross’s ‘rural’ experience was limited, but that didn’t stop him falling in love with the bush. After leaving school Ross enrolled at the Longreach Pastoral College in 1967. He then worked as a ringer for Hooker Pastoral Co. at ‘Strathdarr Station’ at Longreach before being transferred south to work on ‘Balarang’, a sheep and cattle station near Moree in New South Wales which was owned by the same company. He held a meeting with himself and decided that sheep were not for him and made the decision to try cattle. The pull of the north was too strong and in 1972 Ross started work for Stanbroke Pastoral Company on ‘Stanbroke’ near Dajarra in North West Queensland and after 12 months was promoted to a head stockmen’s position. It was here that Ross met Robyn. Ross and Robyn continued on with Stanbroke and worked on ‘Fort Constantine’ at Cloncurry and ‘Havilah’ at Collinsville before leaving the company in 1979 after being offered the manager’s position at ‘Wondoola Station’ near Normanton in the Queensland gulf. After spending eight years in this position, Ross and Robyn then spent time on the OF INDUSTRY AND
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