An interview with Patty Burns, the owner of Wamberra Station, NSW. When the Burke and Wills expedition crossed country from Balranald to the Darling they encountered the beginning of the grazing industry. Patty Burns’ great grandmother, then at Arumpo station fed the expedition.

Patty Burns is now the owner of neighbouring Wamberra Station, and she tells us of her family's encounter with the original expedition and the history of Wamberra Station. This includes changes in practices and her mission to keep 21% of her property as private conservation reserves. In association with other local land owners she has worked to establish a environmental corridor from the Murray to the Darling.

She talks of pest problems, rabbit plagues and the prevention of erosion and dust storms using ground cover and other practices. Notes: The CMA is the Catchment Management Authority. Ripping rabbits means destroying burrows.

In September 1861 Ludwig Becker drew a sketch map of their route to “Orompo”, now called Arumpo. See: Sketch of route from Balranald to Scot’s Station roughly drawn by dead reckoning.

Another Culture Victoria video about rabbits in Australia is: Nox-All Rabbits from the Granya Historical Museum.