Ellerston
New South Wales
Ellerston Pastoral station
Ellerston is located in New South Wales
Ellerston
Ellerston
Coordinates31°48′54″S 151°19′4″E / 31.81500°S 151.31778°E / -31.81500; 151.31778
Population131 (2016 census)[2]
Postcode(s)2337
Time zoneAEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (UTC+11)
Location
  • 322 km (200 mi) N of Sydney
  • 68 km (42 mi) NE of Scone
LGA(s)Upper Hunter Shire[1]
RegionHunter[1]
CountyDurham[3]
ParishMamaran[3]
State electorate(s)Upper Hunter[4]
Federal division(s)Hunter[5]

Ellerston is a rural locality of the Upper Hunter Shire local government area, about 68 kilometres (42 mi) north-east of Scone in the Upper Upper Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia.[1][3][6] It is about 322 km (200 mi) from Sydney, the state capital.

Ellerston Pastoral

Ellerston Pastoral station is a large property that was owned by media mogul Kerry Packer and since his death is run by other members of the Packer family. The property's primary purpose is as a cattle and sheep station, running 11,000 Hereford cattle and 6500 Merino wethers.[7]

The property also boasts some of Australia's best polo fields.[8] In 2004, its golf course was rated number four in Australia, and, in 2020, was rated number 19 in the world by Golf Digest.[9] The course, which was designed by Greg Norman and Bob Harrison, is exclusive and open only to members and guests, so, on some weeks, only six people play golf there.[10] The property is like many of the properties that allegedly have low rent from the government. Allegedly, the low rent as within the newspaper in 2003 shows the farm was being provided the land at a minimal rent.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Suburb Search - Local Council Boundaries - Hunter (HT) - Upper Hunter Shire". New South Wales Division of Local Government. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Ellerston (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 16 January 2019. Edit this at Wikidata Material was copied from this source, which is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
  3. ^ a b c "Ellerston". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 January 2009. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Upper Hunter". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Hunter". Australian Electoral Commission. 10 January 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Ellerston". Land and Property Management Authority - Spatial Information eXchange. New South Wales Land and Property Information. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  7. ^ "Ellerston Pastoral Company - New South Wales Cattle Production". Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  8. ^ "Kerry Packer". NSW Polo Association. 27 December 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
  9. ^ Ron Whitten. "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses". Golf Digest. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Ellerston Golf Club". AusGolf. Retrieved 24 January 2001.
    Neil Harvey (14 February 2004). "Packer's exclusive patch". The Age. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
  11. ^ "A big part of the Packer family farm".
Categories