›farming. The drought of 1899 was the
end of the good times for the partners,
however, as the cost of feeding 100,000
sheep and all the horses was beyond
them. They sold 72,642 acres (29,400ha)
for £250,000 to world-famous Merino
breeders F.S. Falkiner & Sons, who
during the next decade spent more than
£1 million acquiring a vast swathe of
Riverina properties to complement their
original Boonoke station at Deniliquin.
But even the Falkiners couldn’t make
a go of Perricoota, as their sheep had
problems with foot rot. In 1911, the
station was sold to Watson Brothers,