THE prestigious property at Woomargama owned by the grandson of one of the nation's most powerful early farming figures will go under the hammer next week.
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Culbara, which once formed part of Woomargama Station, has belonged to Arthur and Jean Trethowan since 1986.
Arthur, who died earlier this year, aged 94, is the grandson of Sir Arthur Trethowan, who served in the NSW parliament in the 1910s and also played a key role in the formation of the Farmers & Graziers Co-operative and The Land newspaper.
Sir Arthur made his entry into politics at the former Urana Shire including stints as president.
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His grandson grew up on a family farm at Walbundrie before going alone with a string of property purchases at Rand and Jerilderie.
Goolgumbla, a merino stud near Jerilderie, was expanded with neighbouring property acquisitions before the entire aggregation was sold to the Superannuation Fund Investment Trust in 1986.
Arthur and Jean then purchased Culbara at auction from Woomargama Station's Darling family.
At Culbara, Mr Trethowan's farming focus switched from sheep to beef where he bred and fattened Herefords into his 90s.
He sold the last of his breeding stock about 18 months ago and leading up to his death he was still running 1100 head of steers.
The family is now winding up his estate and Culbara will be auctioned by Allbury agents, Paull & Scollard-Nutrien on Friday.
"Culbara is in a class of its own, possibly a once in a lifetime opportunity to purchase a property of this scale," agent Brian Liston said.
"Arthur's estate now offer this prominent property for sale, providing the opportunity for a discerning purchaser to gain a substantial foothold with scale and farming enterprise.
"The Holbrook district is renowned for for exceptional properties and quality livestock.
"Premium properties such as Culbara have always generated much interest."
Culbara is 1289 hectares or 3187 acres in size and is situated in an area with average rainfall of 750-800mm.
The property also has the seasonal Wilsons Creek, dams and an electric bore reticulating to tanks and troughs.
The Culbara homestead was built in the 1960s and consists of four bedrooms with a secondary brick residence on the property.
Other improvements to the property include steel cattle yards, steel machinery shed, hay sheds and workshop.
Recent sales, both at auction and privately, in the Holbrook area could see the property easily sell for more than $15 million.
