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Yakabindie is a pastoral lease currently a cattle station an previously a sheep station located about north west of Leinster and south of Wiluna in the Goldfields of Western Australia,
The station was placed on the market in 1920, and existed as 13 separate leases that encircled Sir Samuel and ecompassing an area of . Only 360 cattle, 200 horses and 75 camels were bring run on the property and they were kept watered by 10 wells fitted with windmills. About of fencing was in place, most around one big paddock but one smaller sheep paddock had its own fence.
The homestead was situated in Sir Samuel and had four large rooms, vestibule, kitchen, and bathroom constructed of wood and iron. The building was lined with stamped steel. The grazing land was described as typical Murchison country with plenty of mulga, saltbush and edible bushes suited for cattle.
The climate is semi-arid but prone to the occasional deluge of rain; in December 1928 a fall of was recorded. and in January 1931 was recorded in a day and over the course of a week in January 1939 to break the drought.
The station occupied an area of in 1923 when it was part owned by Mr. R. H. Adamson, When Adamson and partners acquired the station in 1920 it was running cattle but they introduced sheep in 1923 when they bought 2,000 ewes.
For the first clip in 1924, 3,300 sheep were shorn and with an estimated 500 stragglers to be mustered. About of wool per sheep was obtained.
The station was still owned by Adamson in 1953 when he succeeded Sir Langlois Lefroy as President of the Pastoralists' Association of Western Australia.
Presently owned by a BHP Billiton group member, Nickel West, Yakabindie is one of six leases operated by the group. The area of the station is now and runs approximately 1,200 droughtmaster cattle.