List of the largest stations in Australia

This is a list of the largest stations in Australia, which includes stations with an area in excess of.
All of the largest pastoral leases are located in the states of Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia ; or in the Northern Territory.
The vast majority are cattle stations, with no sheep stations among the ten largest. Most of the properties are owned by pastoral companies such as Australian Agricultural Company, Consolidated Pastoral Company, S Kidman & Company, North Australian Pastoral Company, Heytesbury, Paraway Pastoral Company and the Jumbuck Pastoral Company.
This list includes the stations in Australia by virtue of area:

Rank	Station	State	Area	Area	Area	Stock	Year est.	Notes	References
1	Anna Creek	SA		Cattle	1863	Grazed sheep originally, world's largest station. Area includes both Anna Creek and the Peake outstation combined.		-	-
2	Clifton Hills	SA		Cattle	before 1881	Second largest station in SA		-	-
3	Alexandria	NT		Cattle	1877	Largest station in NT		-	-
4	Davenport Downs	Qld		Cattle	before 1878	Largest station in Queensland. Area includes both Davenport Downs and Springvale station combined.		-	-
5	Home Valley	WA		Cattle	1926	Largest station in WA. Area includes Home Valley, Karunjie and Durack River stations combined. Owned by Indigenous Land Corporation.		-	-
6	Innamincka	SA		Cattle	1872	Third largest station in SA. Size once estimated at		-	-
7	Wave Hill	NT		Cattle	1883	Second largest station in NT		-	-
8	Marion Downs	Qld		Cattle	before 1878	Second largest station in Queensland		-	-
9	Brunette Downs	NT		Cattle	1883	Third largest station in NT		-	-
10	Quinyambie	SA		Cattle	1872	Area quoted is maximum figure quoted as nearly 3 million acres		-	-
11	De Grey Station	WA		Cattle	1869	Second largest station in WA. Area figure may be disputed, in 1886 the area quoted was "nearly three millions of acres", and would include the Pardoo outstation		-	-
12	Lake Nash	NT		Cattle	before 1879	Area includes the Lake Nash, Georgina Downs and Argadargada leases.		-	-
13	Macumba	SA		Cattle	before 1874			-	-
14	Andado	NT		Cattle	1880			-	-
15	Bulloo Downs	Qld		Cattle	1884			-	-
15	Newcastle Waters	NT		Cattle	1883	Area includes the Powell Creek and Tandyidgee pastoral leases.		-	-
16	Helen Springs	NT		Cattle	before 1885	Area includes both Helen Springs and Brunchilly outstation combined.		-	-
17	Rawlinna	WA		Sheep	1962	Largest sheep station in WA, Australia and World		-	-
18	Headingly Station	Qld		Cattle	1881	Area includes Headingly, Carandotta and Wolgra leases		-	-
19	Commonwealth Hill Station	SA		Sheep	1890	Area includes both Commonwealth Hill and Mobella outstation combined. Biggest sheep station in SA, second largest sheep station in Australia		-	-
20	Walhallow Station	NT		Cattle	1881			-	-
21	Ruby Plains	WA		Cattle	1889	Area includes both Ruby Plains and Sturt Creek outstation combined.		-	-
22	Anthony Lagoon & Eva Downs	NT		Cattle	?	Both Anthony Lagoon and Eva Downs operate as one entity		-	-
23	Strathmore	Qld		Cattle	?	Largest single pastoral lease in Queensland		-	-
24	Durham Downs	Qld		Cattle	1873			-	-
25	Victoria River Downs	NT		Cattle	1880	At one time was the largest station in Australia and the world covering 41,000 km²		-	-
26	Adria Downs	Qld		Cattle	before 1912			-	-
27	Nockatunga	Qld		Cattle	1870			-	-
28	Tanbar	Qld		Cattle	before 1884			-	-
29	Manners Creek	NT		Cattle	1880			-	-
29	Cordillo Downs	SA		Cattle	1872	Grazed sheep until 1942 and was once regarded as Australia's largest sheep station.		-	-
30	Dunbar	Qld		Cattle	before 1883			-	-
31	Arrabury	Qld		Cattle	before 1887			-	-
32	Naryilco	Qld		Cattle	before 1880			-	-
33	Mount Doreen	NT		Cattle	1932			-	-
34	Nappa Merrie	Qld		Cattle	1871			-	-
35	Todmorden Station	SA	7,169	2,768	1,771,000	Cattle
36	Madura	WA		Sheep	1876	Originally settled to breed horses for British Army in India		-	-
35	Gogo	WA		Cattle	1885			-	-
37	Billa Kalina	SA		Cattle	?	Includes the Miller's Creek lease.		-	-
38	Mittiebah	NT		Cattle	1877			-	-
39	Glenormiston	Qld		Cattle	before 1881			-	-
40	Balfour Downs	WA		Cattle	before 1910			-	-
41	Durrie Station	Qld		Cattle	before 1908			-	-
42	Moola Bulla	WA		Cattle	1910			-	-
43	Stuart Creek	SA		Cattle				-	-
44	Milly Milly	WA		Sheep	before 1879	Also has a small herd of cattle		-	-
45	Coorabulka	Qld		Cattle	before 1882			-	-
46	Morney Plains	Qld		Cattle	before 1876			-	-
47	Etadunna	Qld		Cattle	before 1867			-	-
48	Tobermorey	NT		Cattle	before 1911			-	-
49	Mount Margaret	Qld		Cattle	before 1925	Has also previously been used for grazing sheep		-	-
50	Keeroongooloo	Qld		Cattle	1871	Has also previously been used for grazing horses when established		-	-
51	Mulka	SA		Cattle	before 1889			-	-
52	Elsey	NT		Cattle	1879	The station that inspired the story and film We of the Never Never		-	-
53	Henbury	NT		Cattle	1875	Became a conservation area in 2011		-	-
54	Limbunya	NT		Cattle	before 1923			-	-
55	Argadargada	NT		Cattle	1951			-	-
56	Diamantina Lakes	Qld		Cattle	1876	Now a National Park		-	-
57	Meda	WA		Cattle	before 1883			-	-
58	Tanumbirini	NT		Cattle	before 1908			-	-
59	South Galway Station	Qld		Cattle	Before 1884			-	-
60	Calvert Hills Station	NT		Cattle				-	-
61	Three Rivers	WA		Sheep	1884			-	-
62	Wilgena	SA		Sheep	before 1909	Once used to graze cattle		-	-
63	Austral Downs	NT		Cattle	1883			-	-
64	Canobie	Qld		Cattle	1864			-	-
65	Alroy Downs	NT		Cattle	1877			-	-
66	Tanami Downs	NT		Cattle	before 1911	Formerly known as Mongrel Downs		-	-
67	Auvergne	NT		Cattle	before 1886			-	-
68	Curtin Springs	NT		Cattle	1930s			-	-
69	Millungera	Qld		Cattle	1880			-	-
70	Drysdale River	WA		Cattle	1882			-	-
71	Banjawarn	WA		Sheep	1903			-	-
72	El Questro Wilderness Park	WA		Cattle	1903	The park still runs 8,000 head of cattle.		-	-
73	Louisa Downs	WA		Cattle	before 1933			-	-
74	Noonkanbah	WA		Cattle	1880s			-	-