Home Valley orHome Valley Station is a pastoral lease andcattle station inWestern Australia.
It is located along theGibb River Road 114 kilometres (71 mi) west ofKununurra[1] in theKimberley region.
The pastoral lease is currently owned by theIndigenous Land Corporation along with nearby Karunjie Station and Durack River Station, which together cover an area of 3,500,000 acres (1,416,400 ha).[2] Home Valley covers a total area of 1,400,000 hectares (3,459,475 acres) and is bordered to the east by thePentecost River from its neighbourEl Questro Station.[3] The station is also known asHV8, which is the station's brand, and many of the signage to the station uses the HV8 logo.
Coming into existence in 1957 the pastoral lease was taken up by when Harold MacNamara left Mabel Downs, which he had been managing for the Naughtons family. The area had a poor reputation and, along withEl Questro Station, was known as the underworld as a result of the large amount of theft of unbranded calves. MacNamara then sold up to Kevin Stansby, including 700 head of cattle, and returned to work for the Naughtons on Texas Downs.[4] Stansby later sold to General Development Corporation, based inPerth in 1972.
An upgrade was planned for theairstrip in 2005 whenA$96,350 was allocated so that so it could be brought up toRoyal Flying Doctor Service night landing standard as part of the Regional Airports Development Scheme implemented by theGallop government.[5]The station has been open fortourism since 2006 and offers a range of accommodation to visitors; following a major renovation in 2008 it was converted to a holiday resort.[6] The accommodation and homestead overlook Bindoola Creek, which is lined withboab trees and has views of the Cockburn Range.
Parts of the station were featured in the filmAustralia as the fictional property Faraway Downs, particularly through the cattle drive scene.[7]
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