502 Gilgoan Road, Wellington NSW 2820

Situated approx. 20kms from Wellington and having approx. 4kms frontage to the Macquarie River comprising approximately 701 hectares is 'The Wuuluman'.

The property is being offered for sale by just the fourth owners since taken up by Joseph Montejiores in 1839. The Cox family held the property from the 1860's until 1971.

'The Wuuluman' is situated in a private picturesque valley with the country ranging from river flats along the Macquarie River to grazing on slopes to hills of green timber.

The spacious brick Federation homestead built c1909 with verandahs sits overlooking the valley and river around established gardens. Tastefully renovated the homestead has 3 bedrooms, an attic, lounge & sitting rooms, dining room and country style kitchen, storeroom, office and close by is a 3 car garage.

Water is a feature of the property and augmenting the River frontage are 9 dams, 1km approx access to Wuuluman Creek and also access to Puggy Creek. A pump from the river provides water to a header tank and reticulated to 8 troughs. Available and included in the sale is a 100 megalitre ground water license.

Approximately 170 hectares is capable of cultivation or direct drilling, a further 307 hectares approx. of grazing and 205 hectares approx. of hills and green timber of white and yellow box. Soils range from fertile loam soils on the flats of red basalt and rocky outcrop on the hills.

Pastures and grasses include areas of lucerne, ryegrass, philaris, cocksfoot and clovers with natural grasses such as microleana, redgrass and wallaby grass.

The Wuuluman is boundary netted much in as new condition with internal paddocks (22 in number) of sound hinge joint or plain wire.

Farm improvements include timber cattle yards, cradle crush and loading ramp, stone horse stables, storage shed, 3 stand electric shearing shed with adjoining machinery shed. There are also two 17 tonne grain silos.

The Wuuluman is steeped in history of the gold, copper and silver era and its remnants can be found. The property was the site of a settlement called "Bagtown", and mines such as the Coronation Mine, Independant Mine, Walls Mines which operated in years past.

The property is currently running 100 cows, 48 steers, 400 ewes plus cropping. It is suited to beef cattle, fat lamb production, fine wool and cropping.

For those wanting to develop a stud the property is ideal, with an absolute abundance of water available.