Bullo River Station

Bullo River Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a cattle station in the Northern Territory.

Situated close to the border of Western Australia, approximately 78 kilometres (48 mi) north west of Timber Creek and 115 kilometres (71 mi) north east of Kununurra. The Victoria River flows through the property.

The property occupies and area of 2,023 square kilometres (781 sq mi) and can support a herd of over 9,000 head of Brahman cattle.

Bullo River was owned by the author Sara Henderson and her husband, an American, Charles Henderson. The Hendersons acquired an moved to Bullo River in 1961, Charles died in 1986 and Sara took over running the property with the help of her three daughters.

In 2001 Henderson,s oldest daughter, Marlee Ranacher and her husband Franz acquired Bulloo from her mother following a legal battle.

In 2011 the property was struggling following the live export ban imposed by the Gillard government. Marlee Ranacher led a protest group to Canberra then returned to Bulloo to place the property on the market. Shortly afterward while aerial mustering her plane's engine failed and she crash landed on a mud-flat before having to swim ashore and activating an emergency beacon. Authorities contacted her husband who picked her up in his helicopter. The insurance paid out on the plane kept the property afloat until market conditions improved.