The remarkably versatile Digilah Station at Dunedoo combines more than 170 years of pastoral history with the modern infrastructure of a highly improved grazing and dryland cropping property in the renowned Central West of NSW.
Owned by the Callow family for the past 50 years, the 1,210-hectare Digilah Station features secure water, fertile soils, and fit-for-purpose woolshed, stock yards and grain storages, making it ideally suited to a combination of cropping with multiple livestock enterprises, such as cattle breeding and fattening, sheep breeding, and lamb production.
Conveniently located only 18km from Dunedoo, 107km from Dubbo and 307km from Newcastle, the property has an annual rainfall of 620 millimetres and can support up to 10,000 DSE.
It has historically carried 500 Angus cows and calves, with Wagyu-sired weaners reaching 300kg liveweight at 10 months, plus 1,200 Merino ewes joined to Poll Dorset and White Suffolk rams for autumn and spring lambings.
Around 878ha or 72% is arable land, with 121ha currently sown to Newton barley and 757ha under mainly improved and native grass and clover pastures, with 280 large square bales of oaten and lucerne silage included in the sale.
LAWD Director, Col Medway, said the capacity to both breed and finish cattle and sheep, combined with the highlights of its long history, made Digilah Station unique.
“Digilah Station offers sufficient scale to operate as a stand-alone mixed farming enterprise, and presents as a turnkey operation supported by quality infrastructure and secure water resources,” Mr Medway said.
“The sense of history and beautifully maintained buildings in excellent working order complement the modern dwellings that make it well-suited to an extended family situation.”
First settled in 1854 by Robert Richardson, Digilah Station is home to several remarkable examples of early colonial architecture, including the 1860 timber slab shearing shed built from local ironbark and cypress pine, and the historic stables and hay barn, all of which have been meticulously maintained.
In the shearing shed, four stands are equipped with electric Sunbeam shaft gear, with power points installed to provide a seamless transition into overhead gear. There is undercover capacity for 1,000 sheep and 52,500 litres of rainwater storage.
Speaking on behalf of the vendors, Chris Callow said Digilah Station had been in his family for 50 years and was one of the standout properties of the district.
“It’s been firmly held and highly improved by our family, and the water security and soils on the property make it equally suited to a balance of farming and grazing. The pastures are starting to come away now with the onset of spring,” Mr Callow said.
“We’ve been lucky enough to have some help with maintaining the historical buildings, and the shearing shed is as good as the day it was built.”
The galvanised steel ProWay sheep yards feature a bugle draft, a drenching race with cable release gates, a sprinkler system and steel loading ramp, while the steel cattle yards have capacity for 200 head, a Pro-chute Immobiliser vet crush, B-double truck access and 125,000L of water storage supplied by a solar powered bore.
Digilah Station is securely watered from multiple sources, including an equipped well and four equipped bores supplying 32 tanks, as well as 25 earth dams, four permanent holes in the Merrygoen Creek, and three additional unequipped bores.
LAWD Sales Executive, Mark Mudford, said the water infrastructure on Digilah Station made it a standout asset in the district.
“This infrastructure makes the property suitable to a range of buyers, including out-of-area owners where water storage is paramount to livestock safety and productivity,” Mr Mudford said.
Buildings include a steel and Colorbond semi-enclosed hay shed with three 22,500L rainwater tanks; a second hay shed fenced into a small paddock; three 64 cubic metre Nelson silos and one 26.7 cubic metre silo, all on concrete foundations; three bag sheds with asphalt floors; and a large fertiliser shed, two storage sheds, and silage pits.
Accommodation features a modern four-bedroom homestead with in-ground pool, a two-bedroom residence with pool and tennis court, and a three-bedroom home for workers.
Rural agencies, health and educational facilities are nearby, and the property is conveniently located close to grain receival sites at Dunedoo, Coolah, Mendooran, and Dubbo, livestock markets at Dunedoo, Dubbo, Gunnedah and Tamworth, and abattoirs at Dubbo, Cowra and Tamworth.
Digilah Station is for sale by Private Treaty at offers above $9,500,000. For more information, contact LAWD Senior Director, Col Medway on +61 428 481 243 or LAWD Sales Executive, Mark Mudford, on +61 419 637 543.
