Three stations. One family. Station jobs on Killarney and Wave Hill in the Northern Territory.
MacLachlan Pastoral Group was created in 2023 with a modern vision for an Australian pastoral company. We are privately owned, run by Callum and Skye MacLachlan and family, and built lean enough to meet challenges head-on. Our aim is simple: attract talent of the highest calibre, manage our stations to the highest standard, and run country sustainably with livestock wellbeing front and centre.
Once part of Victoria River Downs, in its day the biggest pastoral property in the world. Bought in 2014, with the herd strengthened by breeding lines from Cloncurry, Meda and Blina. Fast country, big mobs, and an ancient landscape that demands respect.
Managed by Michael Stanley and Alex Laurisson
(08) 8975 0750 · killarney@macpg.au
Taken up by Nat Buchanan in 1883, run by the Vestey family for seventy years, and the site of the 1966 Wave Hill Walk-Off led by Vincent Lingiari. Rolling basalt black soil and good red breeder country, 500 kilometres south of Katherine. Part of the group since 2021.
Managed by Matt and Connie Wood
(08) 8975 0787 · wavehill@macpg.au
Steep grazing country at the southern end of the Barossa. A self-replacing Angus herd turning off weaners for the domestic market, run with low-stress handling by Shannon Kunst, with Skye MacLachlan and family lending a hand.
We do the simple things exceptionally well.
We don't chase fads.
Big country. Real work. Horses, bikes, dust, and the mob.
Mustering on horseback and bikes, yard work, fencing, waters. First year? A good attitude and a willingness to learn count for a lot.
Run a camp, lead a crew, and grow into bigger country across the group.
Feed a hungry camp three times a day. The most important person on the place.
Operating light aircraft, and keeping the roads and firebreaks graded.
Keep the waters running and the gear going.
Teach station kids through School of the Air.
The core of MPG is our people, and we value their diligent, hard work. In turn we provide an atmosphere and experiences that set our workplace apart.
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