private founded 1888 headquarters adelaide south australia australia area served australia indonesia number of employees 135 website 1 the jumbuck pastoral company is an australian company that operates numerous cattle stations and sheep stations in western australia south australia and the northern territory it is one of the largest landowners in australia and the biggest wool grower . jumbuck controls over 50 000 square kilometres 19 305 sq mi of holdings which run approximately 411 000 head of sheep and 456 000 head of cattle . 1 the company is a privately held company owned by the maclachlan family 2 and is based in adelaide . it was established in 1888 3 by h. p. maclachlan who was known for his ability with stock and being able to ride out a drought . initially the company was interested in wool growing in the arid at paratoo station near yunta . eventually it diversified into cattle . by the mid 1920s maclachlan s son b. h. maclachlan was running the company after his father had loaned him 16 000 to acquire and develop lands in the tarcoola area . when maclachlan senior died in 1939 b. h. continued to expand the development plan with commonwealth hill station and mulgathing station shearing over 100 000 sheep in 1945 . 2 b.h. maclachlan handed over to his son h.g. hugh maclachlan in 1960 . hugh took up pastoral leases in western australia at rawlinna station and madura plains . 2 the company was fined a 100 000 in 2005 following the death of a jackaroo in new south wales in 2001 . 4 hugh maclachlan stepped down as the managing director of the company in 2009 after nearly half a century in the role . both his sons jock and callum were appointed as joint managing directors . 5 in 2014 the company acquired killarney station in the northern territory for about a 35 million . the property occupied an area of 2 819 square kilometres 1 088 sq mi and supports a herd of approximately 26 000 cattle . 6 references edit 170 . hugh maclachlan and family . business review weekly . fairfax media . 21 may 2013 . retrieved 4 june 2014 . a b c history . jumbuck pastoral . 2013 . retrieved 9 march 2016 . ben wilmot 24 march 2014 . killarney sold for 35m . the australian . news limited . retrieved 3 june 2014 . row brews over jackeroos head wear . australian broadcasting corporation . 12 april 2005 . retrieved 4 june 2014 . tom dawkins 1 march 2013 . jumbuck evolution . outback . retrieved 4 june 2014 . mathew cranston 31 march 2014 . optimistic cattle market s 200m sale . queensland country life . fairfax media . retrieved 3 june 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title jumbuck pastoral company & oldid 709096593 categories agriculture companies of australia1888 establishments in australiacompanies established in 1888companies based in adelaide 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 9 march 2016 at 03 29 . 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