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Robert Christison established 'Lammermoor', one of the first and most successful sheep and cattle stations in Far North Queensland. Christison also established a freezing works at Poole Island, near Bowen, to freeze beef for export to England but a cyclone put an end to his scheme. Drought and conflict with unions also threatened Christison's enterprise, however he remained one of the richest and most successful pastoralists of his era.
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- Hughenden, Hughenden - Pentland area, Far North Queensland, Queensland,
- Far North Queensland, Queensland,
- Poole Island, Bowen area, Marlborough - Mackay - Townsville area, Queensland,
- 1863-1902
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