Dagworth Station is a cattle station

Cattle station

Cattle station is an Australian term for a large farm , whose main activity is the rearing of cattle. In Australia, the owner of a cattle station is called a grazier...

 located north-west of Winton

Winton, Queensland

-Qantas:Winton was one of the founding towns of the Australian airline Qantas. The first board meeting was held at the Winton Club on 10 February 1921.-Waltzing Matilda:...

  in central west Queensland

Queensland

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 in Australia

Australia

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. It was established between 1879 and 1884. In 1894 the station's shearing shed

Shearing shed

Shearing sheds are large sheds located on sheep stations to accommodate large scale sheep shearing activities.In countries where large numbers of sheep are kept for wool, sometimes many thousands in a flock, shearing sheds are vital to house the necessary shearing equipment, and to ensure that the...

 was burned down along with 7 others in the district as part of a protest by shearers

Sheep shearer

A sheep shearer is a worker who uses -blade or machine shears to remove wool from domestic sheep during crutching or shearing.-History:...

 over wages. Samuel Hoffmeister, who was implicated in these events was later found dead at a nearby billabong

Billabong

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. The following year Banjo Patterson visited the station and wrote the lyrics to Waltzing Matilda

Waltzing Matilda

"Waltzing Matilda" is Australia's most widely known bush ballad. A country folk song, the song has been referred to as "the unofficial national anthem of Australia"....

, said to be inspired by these incidents.

In 1917 the station, then including "Eveleigh", "Talaroo" and "Vanleigh" stations had 8891 shorthorn cattle and 171 horses. The station is currently owned by the North Australian Pastoral Company

North Australian Pastoral Company

The North Australian Pastoral Company is a large, privately owned, Australian cattle company which operates 13 cattle stations covering over 60,000 km2, managing about 200,000 cattle, in the Northern Territory and Queensland...

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