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Kings
Creek Station was established in 1982 by Ian and Lyn Conway. This
was originally vacant crown land with no infrastructure - no water,
no electricity, no communications, no roads, no buildings.
Originally the vision was to run the Station as a cattle / camel property.
Since then tourism has taken precedence although Kings Creek Station
still runs cattle and exports camels. Kings Creek covers an area of
1800 sq kilometres of which 110 sq K’s is Freehold, the remainder
being Leasehold.
Ian Conway is the grandson of William Liddle, who, in 1907, was the
first permanent pastoralist in the Kings Canyon region. In 1929 Liddle
took up a pastoral lease known as Angas Downs Station. Liddle’s
first wife was an Arunta woman from Alice Springs. Bill and Mary had
four children, the eldest being Hilda, Ian’s mother. |
Ian’s
father, Mortimer, was also born to an Arunta Woman and a white pastoralist.
Mortimer attended the first school in Alice Springs in 1914. He then
went on to work for Syd Kidman for 20 odd years as a boss drover.
Lyn Conway was born in Adelaide and met Ian in Alice Springs. When
they first started Kings Creek Station, Lyn was more or less thrown
into the deep end as there was no infrastructure. Everyday chores
were very difficult especially with 2 young children.
We sincerely hope you enjoy and appreciate our little slice of
the Outback.
The Conway Family and Staff. |
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