Pastoral Runs (c.1837-1880) in the Casterton & Coleraine Area
of South-Western Victoria, Australia"Victorian Squatters", Robert Spreadborough & Hugh Anderson, 1983
"Pastoral Pioneers of Port Phillip", R.V. Billis & A.S. Kenyon, 1972
Pastoral Runs around Casterton| Argyle (W of Casterton, 32,000 acres) | 1847 John McIntyre, Hugh Sinclair & Co. 1849 A R Cruikshank & Henry Cockburn 1849 Horace Flower & Thomas Must 1853 Thomas Must 1880 Thomas Carmichael of Casterton |
| Barongarong (NW of Casterton, 10,000 acres) | 1847 McNichol & Smith 1868 James Whittaker 1868 Henry Miller 1880 Ronald McDonald 1880 National Bank of Australasia 1881 The South Australian Land Mortgage & Agency Co. Ltd |
| Bochara (Grangeburn Ck., junction of Wannon River, 10,880 acres) | 1840-1 Rob. W. Tulloh 1846 W. Kippen, Jr. 1853 Don. Cameron 1859 Geo. Younger 1867 Don. McKellar 1868 National Bank 1871 Jas. Trangmar |
| Bogalara (NW of Casterton, 8,760 acres) | 1851 Thomas Fallon 1866 David Fallon 1866 The London & Australian Agency Co Ltd 1867 David Edgar 1875 James Donaldson & John Donaldson of Harrow 1879 George Robertson Patterson of Dergholm |
| Bongmire (Wannon River, 11 miles NW of Hamilton, 15,000 acres) | 1840 Thos. E. Tulloh 1857 S. G. Henty and Wm. Learmonth 1859 Wm. Cockburn Messer 1872 Cancelled. |
| Buckle Kupple (N of Casterton, 19,000 acres, subdivision of Kadnook) | 1857 Stephen George Henty 1863 James H Dunlop 1868 Thomas William Silvester & Patrick Moore 1873 John Donaldson & James Donaldson of Nareen 1879 George Robertson Patterson of Harrow |
| Chetwynd & Pigeon Ponds (N of Casterton, subdivision of Kout Narin) | 1843-1845 Robert Kerr 1852 Willis & Swanston 1859 divided into1. Mooree 2. Chetwynd 3. Koolomurt 4. Wellat from portions of both runs "Pigeon Ponds" & "Chetwynd" in the licensed occupation of Willis & Swanston |
| Chetwynd (N of Casterton, subdivision of Chetwynd above) | 1859 Willis & Swanston 1859 James Henry Campbell & Hastings Alfred Elms 1864 Archibald Johnson |
| Clunie (Glenelg R. near Harrow, 35,000 acres) | 1840 Thos. Ricketts 1844 Jas. Blair 1853 lapsed |
| Congbool or Kongbool (Mathers Ck. near Balmoral, 28,000 acres) | 1842-44 Davis and John Mather 1845-6 David Mather 1846 Rich. Stirling and Geo. Fairbairn 1861 Rich. Gibbs, Ronald Bruce Ronald, Byron Lord Ronald and A. C. Cameron 1863 R. Gibbs, R. B. Ronald and B. L. Ronald 1872 cancelled. |
| Connells Run (Casterton, 17,500 acres) | 1844 Edward Henty 1866 Forfeited |
| Dergholm (NW of Casterton, 67,200 acres) | 1841 James JACKSON 1846 William Francis SPLATT 1849 John RALSTON 1853 C & J SIMSON & J RALSTON 1875 J SIMSON, Joseph CLARKE & Robert CARTWRIGHT (executors of Charles SIMSON) |
| Dorodong Creek (NW of Casterton) | 1850 Robert Steele 1853 James & Edmund Kirby 1857 George Cameron 1875 William McPherson of Penola |
| Dunrobin (NW of Casterton, 153,600 acres) | 1839 James Elliott Addison & William Murray of Hobart Town 1855 William Murray |
| Elderslie (head Mosquito Ck., 9 miles S of Apsley, 64,000 acres) | 1843 William Wallace 1857 George Russell 1866 Robert Lewis Bell and Stephen Vine Buckland 1870 Rob. Bruce Ronald 1879 John Robertson, of Narracoorte 1883 Wm. Shiels, Alex. McEdward and John Robertson, executors of John Robertson |
| Fox Hall (NW of Casterton, 50,000 acres) | 1848 Robert Kerr 1849 Hugh McIntyre 1855 John McNicol & James Smith 1868 James Whittaker 1868 Henry Miller 1880 Ronald McDonald 1880 National Bank of Australasia 1881 The South Australian Land Mortgage & Agency Co. Ltd. |
| Ganoo Ganoo (10 miles SE of Apsley, 19,200 acres) | 1845 Margaret Hutchinson 1848 Geo. Armytage 1861 Jas. Gordon 1865 Walter Laidlaw 1883 cancelled. |
| Glenmire (N of Casterton, 9,000 acres) | 1847 William Nowlan |
| Gringegalgona (NE of Coleraine, 58,800 acres) | 1847 Simeon CADDEN 1854 William LEWIS 1857 divided into Gringegalgona & Moorland 1860 William Hern LEWIS & John Alfred LEWIS 1862 Duncan ROBERTSON |
| Heathfield (W of Casterton, 56,000 acres) | 1847 Charles Thomas 1848 Hugh McEachern 1868 Samuel Perkins Lord, Charles Croaker & Henry Scott 1875 Charles Croaker & Henry Scott of Melbourne 1877 The Bank of Victoria 1881 Ambrose Wilcock Walters |
| Hilgay (S of Coleraine, 9,650 acres) | 1840 Arthur Pilleau & William Jones 1845 Arthur Pilleau 1854 Alfred Arden 1856 Alfred Arden & James Fulton 1859 Donald Cameron 1880 Forfeited & Revoked 1881 John McInnes |
| Konongwootong (NE of Casterton, 57,000 acres) | 1844 William & George Whyte 1849 subdivided into 1. Konongwootong East 2. Konongwootong West |
| Konongwootong Creek (NE of Casterton, 6,000 acres) | 1845 W & J McConochie 1862 absorbed by sale |
| Konongwootong East (NE of Casterton, subdivision of Konongwootong) | 1849 J & D Carfrae 1861 James Hassell 1867 William Andrew Guesdon 1871 Walter Laidlaw 1874 Forfeited |
| Konongwootong West (NE of Casterton, subdivision of Konongwootong) | 1849 J D S Carfrae 1857 William Swan 1870 Forfeited |
| Koolomurt (N of Casterton, subdivision of Chetwynd & Pigeon Ponds) | 1859 Edward Willis 1884 Forfeited |
| Koroite (Coleraine, 80,000 acres) | 1846 C J Whyte 1851 John Norman McLeod & George Frederick Read 1852 Alexander Patterson 1854 John & Francis Egan 1857 Stephen George Henty 1860 John Cameron 1864 John McKinnon 1870 Forfeited |
| Longlands or Rickett's Run (Glenelg R. near Harrow, 22,050 acres) | 1843 Thos. Ricketts 1844 Alex. Donaldson and widow 1849 Whittakers, Jas. J. (father), Eliza (dau), John Beard (son), and Jas. Jr. (son) 1853 J. J., J. B., and J. Whittaker 1854 J. J. and May J. Whittaker 1865 J. and Thos. Whittaker 1868 Rob. Laidlaw 1877 Rob. Brown Broughton, Geo. Alf. Broughton and David Edgar 1877 sub. into East, Broughtons and West. D. Edgar 1882 lapsed |
| Mepunga (Wannon River, 10 miles SE of Coleraine, 8,000 acres) | 1846 Rob. and Hy. de Little 1850 D. E. Stoddart 1856 Wm. Mercer and Chas. E. Arnot 1858 Alex. Thomson 1866 Cancelled. |
| Merino Downs (Wannon River, N of Merino, 23,500 acres) | 1837 Francis Henty 1866 absorbed by sale and selection 1867 Forfeited |
| Mount Koroite & Dundas (Coleraine, E of Casterton, 36,840 acres) | 1840 William James Purbrick 1845 William Young & Adam Turnbull 1858 William Young 1867 Abandoned & Forfeited |
| Mooree (N of Casterton, subdivision of Chetwynd & Pigeon Ponds) | 1859 Charles Lambert Swanston 1882 Forfeited |
| Moorlang (NE of Coleraine, subdivision of Gringegalgona) | 1857 William LEWIS 1857 Alexander McINTOSH 1883 Grice, Sumner & Co. |
| Muntham (E of Casterton, 57,300 acres) | 1842 Edward Henty 1866 Forfeited |
| Murrandara (Murndara) (12 miles SE of Apsley, 80,000 acres) | 1845 Geo. Armytage 1861 Jas. Gordon 1865 Walter Laidlaw. |
| Nangeela (NW of Casterton, 16,000 acres) | 1840 Robert Savage & Captain Dana 1844 William McPherson 1854 William Swan 1857 William McPherson 1874 John Matheson of Melbourne 1875 Alfred Robert Maskall Langhorne 1882 The Colonial Bank |
| Nangwarry (W of Casterton, 12,080 acres) | 1846 Charles Farquhar McKinnon 1857 McKinnon & Watson 1867 Andrew Watson 1875 Robert Gardiner of Mt Schank SA |
| Nigretta (Wannon River, 8 miles NW of Hamilton, 8,000 acres) | 1841 H. Baynton; vacant 1844 Wm. Affleck 1845 Trevor Winter 1848 Thos. Murphy 1860 Angus Kennedy 1861 Don. Cameron 1862 Alex. Cameron 1866 forfeited |
| Refuge (NW of Casterton, 96,000 acres) | 1844 Run occupied by John Pearson 1851 William Carmichael, M & J Carmichael 1869 George Carmichael |
| Retreat (N of Casterton, 10,750 acres) | 1840 Thomas W McCulloch 1846 John Pearson 1851 William Carmichael 1851 William & George Carmichael 1871 Forfeited |
| Rokeby (SW of Casterton) | 1845 Alfred Henry and John Edward Bates 1850 J E Bates 1854 Malcolm & Don McKinnon 1877 Robert Gardner of Mt Schank, SA 1879 Mary Margaret McKinnon of Kaldbro |
| Roseneath (NW of Casterton, 48,000 acres) | 1840 Matthew GIBSON & James JACKSON 1843 William Francis Splatt 1849 John Ralston 1853 C & J Simson & Ralston 1875 James Simson, Joseph Clarke & Robert Cartwright as executors of Charles Simson |
| Runnymede (S of Sandford, 16,000 acres) | 1846 J G & D Hutcheson 1863 John Hutcheson 1866 Samuel Perkins Lord, Charles Croaker & Henry Scott 1875 Charles Croaker & Henry Scott of Melbourne 1875 John Matheson of Bank of Victoria 1878 James Goodall Francis of Melbourne 1881 absorbed |
| Sandford (S of Casterton, 15,700 acres) | 1843 Henty Brothers 1847 S & W Jackson |
| Satimer (N of Casterton, 20,000 acres) | 1842 Thomas Wentworth Watson 1848 Alexander Davidson & Duncan Robertson 1862 Alexander Davidson 1874 Edmund mcKenzie Young of Melbourne 1877 Forfeited |
| Spring Bank (SW of Casterton, 25,000 acres) | ca 1842 John McPherson 1852 Samuel Proudfoot Hawkins 1854 Edmund Kirby 1862 W H Tuckett 1869 Henry Miller of Melbourne 1876 Alexander Sutherland Murray of Casterton 1881 Forfeited |
| Spring Vale (NE of Casterton, 13,960 acres) | 1845 John Campbell 1853 W & J McConochie 1864 Donald Swan 1870 The National Bank of Australasia 1872 Edward Byam Wight of Kensington 1874 Forfeited |
| Spring Valley or Murndal (Wannon River, Tahara, NE of Digby, 20,000 acres) | 1837 Samuel Pratt Winter 1874 Forfeited |
| Steep Bank Rivulet (N of Casterton) | 1849 Thomas Bilston 1849 Owen O'Reilly 1874 Abandoned & Forfeited |
| Struan (NE of Merino, 4,889 acres) | ca 1842 William Robertson & John Robertson 1867 John Russell McPherson 1869 Forfeited |
| Sutledge (NW of Casterton, 128,000 acres) | 1847 Ewen Cameron 1850 Alexander & Alexander Cameron 1866 Thomas Must 1875 John Russell McPherson of Casterton 1877 The Colonial Bank of Australasia 1879 Robert Melville Gardiner & Abraham Gardiner of Nangwarry, SA 1866 Forfeited |
| Tahara (E of Merino, 24,000 acres) | ca 1838 George Winter 1850 John Norman McLeod 1853 Wininburn separated from Tahara 1860 William Learmonth 1866 Archibald Johnson |
| Tullich (W of Casterton, 20,000 acres) | 1846 J McLellan 1855 Miles Fletcher 1872 The London & Australian Agency Corp. Ltd 1873 john Matheson of Melbourne 1874 W D Hamilton of Casterton 1883 James C Hamilton |
| Wando (NE of Casterton, 7,065 acres) | 1840 W Corney 1851 John Dougheny 1843 S G Henty & William Learmonth 1855 Samuel Proudfoot Hawkins 1859 Owen O'Reilly 1870 Forfeited |
| Wando Dale (NE of Casterton, 19,806 acres) | 1845 David Power 1852 William & John McConochie 1853 John Moodie 1875 Forfeited |
| Wando Vale (NE of Casterton, 11,338 acres) | 1840 J G Robertson 1854 William Robertson & John Robertson 1867 John Russell McPherson 1868 Forfeited |
| Warrock (N of Casterton, 11,696 acres) | 1846 George Robertson 1872 Forfeited |
| Wellatt (NE of Casterton, 21,000 acres, subdivision of Chetwynd & Pigeon Ponds) | 1859 William Willis 1870 Mary Willis of Mooree 1873 Forfeited |
| Wilderness (E of Coleraine, 11,500 acres, subdivision of Konongwootong) | 1849 Pringle Whyte 1852 Monro, Cruikshank & Arden 1853 Monro & Cruikshank 1858 S P Hawkins 1864 John McPherson 1868 Charles Rowe 1876 Forfeited |
| Woodbourne No. 1 (N of Casterton, 7,260 acres) | 1846 R Vine 1870 Owen O'Reilly 1882 Forfeited & Revoked 1884 W E & E J Broughton |
| Woodbourne No. 2 (N of Casterton, 14,000 acres) | 1844 Alex & John Wilson (brothers) 1849 Alex Wilson 1852 William James Reid 1857 Holmes & White 1860 W J Reid 1872 Forfeited |