McTaggart family to sell Bidgemia cattle station after 70 years
Well-known South Australian pastoralists the McTaggart family are selling one of Western Australia’s premier cattle stations, Bidgemia in the Gascoyne region, after 70 years of ownership.
Bidgemia, which lies about 185 kilometres east of Carnarvon in northern WA, offers 579,206 hectares of beef breeding country as well as extensive double frontage to the Lyons River and Gascoyne River. Market expectations are in excess of $16 million for the land as well as livestock and plant.
The McTaggart’s association with Bidgemia dates back to 1947 when Lachlan McTaggart, the ninth of 10 children, took up the pastoral lease at Bidgemia Station alongside his brother Donald on behalf of the family company, the Nonning Pastoral Company, which was established in 1900.
Since then, Bidgemia has been expanded many times. The family introduced Brahman cattle to the property in the 1990s, followed soon after by the establishment of a beef breeding enterprise. In 2012, the McTaggarts integrated the renowned hardy Droughtmaster bulls into the herd.
The property runs 6000 breeders with its main set of cattle yards hosting 2000 head of cattle as well as a further 15 sets of established yards spread throughout the property.
The family’s pastoral enterprise is based at Nonning Station in the Gawler Ranges and Kilmory in south east of South Australia, led by Angus McTaggart.
Bidgemia is being sold by Elders rural real estate sales specialist Malcolm French through an expressions of interest campaign.
“Bidgemia is truly an iconic property of not only of the Gascoyne region but within the vast Pastoral regions of Western Australia,” Mr French said.
“Today, with exceptional facilities, Bidgemia is presented as a standout beef enterprise investment. The cattle produced here are keenly sought after by all sectors of the beef industry, the herd reputation for temperament, ‘doing ability’, and sheer beef quality is well known.”
