Ngyginah Cattle Company, chaired by Robert Watson for the last four years, is responsible for running the 330,000 acre Mt Anderson Station, which is owned by the Jarlmadangah community. All ten of the workers on the station are members of the community.
       One focus of the NCC enterprise is to maintain the pastures, gradually restoring them to the fertile richness which was first noticed by the Governor of Western Australia in 1879, when the Kimberley was described as some of the best grazing land in the world.
       After a government survey of the far north of the state, land was parcelled out to wealthy white settlers. They set about enslaving the local people, who had no rights under the law of the time, as cheap labour. This situation occurred throughout Australia until quite recently.
       Apart from cattle mustering the station workers have plenty of work to do in creating the infrastructure necessary in this delicate and rugged environment. Water resources are critical in the Kimberley, and Mt Anderson's bores, windmills and dams need constant maintenance.

       Fences, yards and buildings also need attention. Apart from cattle other livestock includes camels and emus, also part of Jarlmadangah's long term planning which aims to make Mt Anderson Station economically as well as environmentally sustainable.


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