TA Field Estates acquires major grazing property from Ballarat accountant
TA Field Estates purchased Banongill and Brenleys, combined 5344-hectare grazing properties near Skipton, from Ballarat accountant Chris Mulcahy and partners.
The sale combines two farming operations: Banongill South (4551 hectares) and Brenleys (793 hectares), located 60 kilometres apart and about 80km south-west of Ballarat. The vendors were Ballarat accountant Chris Mulcahy, his wife Tanya and a group of investors.
TA Field Estates is a major NSW family-owned company running wool production, lamb breeding, cattle and dryland cropping across northern NSW. Banongill South has been heavily developed as a livestock breeding operation over the past five years.
It features modern shearing infrastructure, 230 paddocks, grain silos, water dams and boreholes. The original Banongill Station dates to the 1850s and was once owned by Francis Ormond, famed for Ormond College at the University of Melbourne.
The sale price was not disclosed.
- 5344 hectares
- Combined land size
- 4551 hectares
- Banongill South
- 793 hectares
- Brenleys
- 60 kilometres
- Properties separation
Why it mattersMajor agricultural consolidation by established producers signals confidence in wool and grazing markets and shows scale advantages driving property acquisitions in regional Australia.
AustraliaRural Victoria loses local ownership of a substantial farming asset but gains a major operator with capital for development, potentially boosting regional agriculture employment and productivity.
✓ Claims checked against the source and corrected before publish. checked 2 h ago
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