Episode 148. Sean D’Arcy – The Progressive Pastoralist
They say that “Australia rode to prosperity on the sheep’s back”. And for more than a century the Gascoyne region of Western Australia was sheep country, running millions of animals and generating the kind of wealth that literally built Australia.
But with the introduction of synthetic fibres the industry gradually lost its shine, and when the wool market crashed in 1991 most stations started transitioning to cattle.
Sean D’Arcy of Lyndon Station was in the first wave of cattlemen in the region. Sean is a truly progressive pastoralist, and has been incredibly proactive when it comes to all things natural resource management.
In this episode we explore the unique challenges of managing country in the Upper Gascoyne from both social and economic perspectives.