Perricoota Station at Moama and Nangunia Station at Berrigan sold

TWO landmark southern Riverina properties steeped in history have sold.

Grand heritage: Nangunia Station at Berrigan.

TWO landmark southern Riverina properties steeped in history have sold.

Perricoota Station on the banks of the Murray River at Moama has been purchased by Barry and Jo Clark from Lucindale, South Australia.

Meanwhile, the sprawling 1803ha mixed farming property Nangunia Station at Berrigan has been bought by Ian and Anna Lilburne, who run Bluebush Merino Stud near Hay.

The Clarks have big plans to reinvigorate the historic Perricoota station set on 134.5ha, which includes a 10-bedroom homestead built in the 1860s.

Mr Clark, who runs a shearing business and recently sold their Lucindale farm, said the couple planned to take Perricoota Station “to the next level”.

“When we went there (to look at the property) we thought, ‘geez this is us all over’. We can turn this into an oasis,” Mr Clark said.

“It’s got a great history.”

Perricoota at Moama.

The property, which is today run as a restaurant, accommodation and venue hire for weddings, was settled by James Maiden in 1843, a pioneer who founded the nearby town of Moama.

It still retains many original features including the butchers’ shop, servants’ quarters and horse stables — Cobb and Co horses were bred at the property.

“We plan to renovate from the front gate to the back gate,” Mr Clark said.

A selling price was not disclosed for the property but it last sold in 2016 for $3.95 million.

Meanwhile, sheep breeders Ian and Anna Lilburne have purchased Nangunia Station at Berrigan from the Steel family who had owned the property for the past nine years.

Mr Lilburne said he was attracted to the property for its “good farming country” and its reliable rainfall.

Selling agent Matthew Horne from Elders Deniliquin said the one of the property’s main drawcards was its period homestead built in 1907 for Emmanuel Gorman, who arrived in Berrigan in 1888 as a stock and station agent and later became the first president of Berrigan Shire Council.

“We conducted inspections with buyers from Tasmania, Queensland and northern NSW,” Mr Horne said.

Nangunia Station was marketed with a price expectation of about $5.5 million.

Mr Horne could not disclose the sale price but said it sold close to expectations.