OUR STATIONS
Beltana Station
A historic jewel of the Flinders Ranges — 154,100 hectares of cinematic country.
THE COUNTRY
Between Lake Torrens and the Flinders Ranges
Beltana Station covers more than 1,540 square kilometres of rangeland between Lake Torrens in the west and the Flinders Ranges in the east, about 475 kilometres north of Adelaide. Established in 1854 and surveyed by the explorer John McDouall Stuart the following year, it is one of the most storied pastoral runs in South Australia.
Under Sir Thomas Elder from 1862, Beltana became the head station of the Beltana Pastoral Company — and the home of a famous camel-breeding programme that supplied expeditions and the construction of the Overland Telegraph line from Adelaide to Darwin. The station provided quarters for the Afghan cameleers who managed the teams.
The Doman family purchased Beltana at auction in 2017, returning it to family hands. Its heritage-listed homestead, gorges and ranges country make it as spectacular as it is productive.
Station facts
Area
154,100 ha (1,541+ km²)
Established
1854
Acquired
2017
Location
~475 km north of Adelaide, east of Lake Torrens
Heritage
Beltana Station Homestead — SA Heritage Register
Capacity
Up to 8,500 head of livestock
STATION NOTES
Camels, cameleers and the Overland Telegraph
Few properties are woven so deeply into the story of Australian exploration. From Stuart’s surveys to Elder’s camel strings and the telegraph line that first connected Australia to the world, Beltana’s history runs through the heart of the outback — and it is still a working sheep and cattle station today.
