Wave Hill Station sold to Jumbuck Pastoral, AFL boss Gill McLachlan and Reece plumbing family for $100 million
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Wave Hill Station has been sold to a company fronted by Jumbuck Pastoral.
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AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan and the billionaire family behind the Reece plumbing empire are silent backers of Jumbuck Pastoral s purchase of the NT s iconic Wave Hill Station.
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Jumbuck Pastoral, AFL CEO Gill McLachlan and Reece plumbing family purchased the property
Wave Hill was the birthplace of the Aboriginal Land Rights movement
Wave Hill covers 1.25 million hectares in the Victoria River District, 750 kilometres south of Darwin, and was the site of a walk-off by Gurindji stockmen, which led to the Aboriginal Land Rights movement in the 1970s.