The Riverina’s famed Wonga Station, located in the southern Riverina in the Coleambally-Darlington Point area, is for sale.

The Star family is seeking offers above $14 million for its highly productive, large scale irrigated, dryland and grazing enterprise.

The 4499ha Wonga Station is located near Mabins Well, 40km west of Coleambally, 55km south-west of Darlington Point and 65km north of Jerilderie.

Held since 2009, brothers Greg, Mick and David Star are selling to concentrate on their individual assets.

The contiguous landholding is close to cotton gins in Whitton, Hay, Carrathool, almond processing near Griffith and a walnut facility in Leeton.

Wonga Station was once home to the renowned Wonga Merino stud owned by the late Tom Culley.

Regarded as one of Australia’s greatest breeders of Merino sheep, Mr Culley blended two strains of Merino, the Collinsville and the Peppin, to develop the Wonga Whopper, boasting a massive staple length and a great lock.

Today, the property supports 3500 ewes and lambs, but numbers could be lifted significantly.

With its highly fertile, alluvial and rising red loam soils, Wonga Station is suitable for both summer and winter cropping and fodder production.

Around 1050ha are arable with 285ha of developed irrigation and dryland areas sown to seasonal conditions.

An additional 850ha has been surveyed and is suited to multi-purpose irrigation, including cotton and corn.

Of this area, around 600ha of the rising red loams and open flats are available for dripper irrigation for row crops and horticulture.

Nutrien Harcourts agent James Sides said there has been diverse and widespread inquiry.

“Interest is coming from individual and corporate producers, those seeking irrigated cropping opportunities or an opportunity for conversion to permanent plantings,” Mr Sides said.

“Others include biodiversity groups, investment corporations and fund managers on behalf of high net worth individuals.”

Mr Sides said Wonga Station possesses considerable capacity for expansion.

“Buyers have the opportunity to further expand the irrigation development with extensive dryland cropping areas suitable for spray and drip irrigation.

“Additionally, continuous vegetation management has been implemented to allow for annual dryland cropping expansion.

“With its vast and extensive vegetation and strategic geography, Wonga Station also presents unique business development opportunities within the renewable and environmental sectors.”

The Station boasts first class irrigation development, as well as significant water entitlements and dual frontage to the Coleambally Outfall Channel.

Water is accessed by two irrigation bores together with conductivity to the Murrumbidgee River System via Coleambally Irrigation Co-operative, providing a combined daily extraction of 100ML.

Infrastructure includes a six-bedroom home, two three-bedroom cottages, a six-stand shearing shed, two steel sheep yards, steel cattle yards, numerous sheds and grain storage.

Wonga Station, including the water portfolio, is being offered for sale by expressions of interest closing 23 May.