History of Gowrie Station | About Gowrie Today

History of Gowrie Station

The Gowrie Homestead was the first settlement in the Charleville area. As the town progressed, the homestead was moved to the property it is on today.

About Gowrie Today

Gowrie was purchased by Noel and Jill Mobbs with a Simmental Bull and 60 Poll Herefod heifers in 1981. It soon became evident that the progeny outperformed the straight bred cattle. We purchased several Simmental Bulls from Dunmore and Drawmar and crossed them over Bos indicus cows. The results were astounding. The stud was established in 1983 using top quality Simmental bulls over quality high grade Brahman cows.

Gowrie now runs 300 registered Simbrah females and 2000 commercial Simbrah breeders. Our aim is to breed cattle that are suitable to the requirements of most markets. Fertile and easy handling cattle that are adaptable to various climatic conditions. We know that Simbrahs have the ability to enable us to achieve all of the above and more.

Since 1986 we have been selling bulls to clients throughout the South West and Central Queensland. In recent years we have sold bulls and stud heifers to clients in the Phillipines with 80 stud heifers being used as tropical dairy cows. Exposing another strength of the breed, their milking ability, which is inherited from the dual purpose milk beef breed, the Simmental.