page_title: Hamilton Downs Station
section_title: Establishment
hierarchical_section_title: Hamilton Downs Station / Establishment
caption_attribution_description: English: The heritage-listed homestead on Hamilton Downs Station west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia.
context_page_description: Hamilton Downs Station was a cattle station west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is now a youth camp.
context_section_description: Hamilton Downs was established in 1910 by hotel manager Sid Stanes Jr. and Ted Harris. Its is named after a spring near Jay Creek which was named by John McDouall Stuart in 1860, after his supporter George Hamilton. The first substantial homestead was built in 1913.
  By the 1940s, it was run by the Davis Brothers, Pat and John who invested in developing the water infrastructure of the property. by the 1950s the property was turning of over 3000 head of cattle per year.
  Queen Elizabeth II visited the station in February 1963, during her Australian tour.
caption: The old homestead on Hamilton Downs Station
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