private industry agriculture founded 1983 headquarters newcastle waters australia key people troy setter ceo products beef cattle and beef owner terra firma number of employees 170 website http www.pastoral.com en the consolidated pastoral company cpc is a large privately owned australian agrifood business which operates 20 cattle stations covering over 5.8 m hectares managing more than 370 000 cattle in western australia the northern territory and queensland . its direct sales channels primarily involve selling cattle and beef to asian consumer markets domestic feedlots or processors and exporting live cattle . 1 history edit cpc was formed in 1983 with the purchase of various holdings in the northern territory including newcastle waters station from ashburton pastoral company . the company acquired isis downs station in 1987 at which time the property occupied an area of 1 227 square kilometres 474 sq mi 2 for an estimated a 10 million . 3 the company acquired nockatunga station in 1990 . 4 consolidated placed isis downs on the market in 2003 following a decision by kerry packer to focus on beef cattle and meat processing operations . at the time the 2 200 square kilometres 849 sq mi was stocked with 80 000 merino sheep and 10 000 mixed cattle and was offered for an estimated a 20 million . 3 the sale was not successful and in 2004 the company decided to remove all sheep from the 2 327 square kilometres 898 sq mi property and introduced cattle instead . 1 in april 2009 a majority share in cpc was acquired by private equity firm terra firma . 1 keith warren resigned as chief executive officer of the company in 2014 citing family reasons after less than one year in the position . troy setter took over after joining the company only four months earlier from australian agricultural company . 5 the company acquired bunda station adjacent to kirkimbie in the victoria river district in the northern territory for approximately a 15 million in 2014 . the property had been passed in at auction two years earlier for a 10 million . 6 cattle stations edit allawah queensland argyle downs western australia auvergne northern territory bunda northern territory carlton hill western australia comely queensland cooinda queensland humbert river northern territory isis downs queensland gowan queensland kirkimbie northern territory manbulloo northern territory mimong queensland mt marlow queensland newcastle waters northern territory dungowan northern territory ucharonidge northern territory newry northern territory nockatunga queensland wrotham park queensland references edit a b c consolidated pastoral company pty ltd . cpc . retrieved 2011 08 02 . isis downs . consolidated pastoral company . 2013 . retrieved 21 september 2014 . a b harry dillon september 1999 . cpc has isis downs on block . the land . fairfax media . retrieved 21 september 2014 . nockatunga . consolidated pastoral company . 24 january 2013 . retrieved 24 january 2013 . craig zonco 8 july 2014 . setter takes the reins at consolidated pastoral company . australian broadcasting corporation . retrieved 6 december 2014 . jonathon chancellor 30 november 2014 . nt s bunda station sells to consolidated pastoral company . property observer . retrieved 6 december 2014 . this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title consolidated pastoral company & oldid 668740141 categories agriculture companies of australia1983 establishments in australiaaustralian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 june 2015 at 09 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view