
The stud was named after
Julie’s parent’s property
Weetalabah Station at
Coolah, where a very
successful commercial
Hereford herd was operated,
running approximately 500
cows and a feedlot for the
steers, which were sold, to
the domestic trade.
In 1999 Julie married
Aderian Nixon of “Dulacca
Station” Dulacca,
Queensland. For
wedding presents they were
given a cow Devon Court
Alice R392 from Aderian’s
grandparents and a bull
Doolachah 203U R14 from
Aderian’s parents. The
cow is still in the herd and
the bull was used for a few
years with a few females
still retained.
Julie won a trip with the
Australian Hereford Youth
Club to the USA in 1993 and
Aderian won the same trip
but went to Canada and
attended the Beef
Improvement Federation
Conference in 1998.
Within their trips, they
both have gained an enormous
amount of industry knowledge
both on a national and
international scale.
Whilst visiting Canada in
1993, Julie decided to
purchase Twin-L Standard 65U
('Streak') after
seeing the mark he left on
every female at Randy &
Sandra Radau’s Coulee Crest
Farms. He left
impressions of thickness
with plenty of meat but
retaining femininity with
near perfect udders every
time. He is a trait
leader for Milk at +22 and
EMA of +4. All the
original bloodlines were
crossed with Streak to make
the herd what it is today.
Females have been recently
bought from the Injemira
Reduction sale, Smithston
Dispersal and Courallie
Dispersals.
Aderian & Julie’s first
major bull purchase to put
over all the Streak Females
and to move away from AI was
Princeton Shelford V080 who
was purchased at Glen Innes
Bull Sale in 2002. He
has left very neat uddered,
long bodied, structurally
correct females. At
the 2005 Southern Cross Sale
they bought the Top Price
Bull Bundarra Yang for $18
000. Although he broke
down after the first season,
a large quantity of semen
was collected. Yang
has left structurally
correct, well marked, high
muscled animals. His first
females are due to calve in
July and the first bulls
will be for sale at Wodonga
in May 2008.
Weetalabah has been a
recurrent name at many shows
both locally and interstate
including Sydney and
Brisbane Royals collecting
numerous broad ribbons. The
main highlights so far have
been Reserve Senior Hereford
Female at Sydney, in 1998
with Weetalabah 65U
Adventuress R2, Reserve Junior Champion
Bull at Brisbane 2007 with Weetalabah 26H Buckaroo
B011, Grand Champion
Hereford Female at Beef 2000
with Countess T001, Reserve
Intermediate Hereford bull,
Beef 2000 with Weetalabah
65U Toblerone T006. There
have been many numerous
local show champions -
New England Female of the
Year 1998, Interbreed
breeders group at Quirindi
Show 1997, Interbreed Bull
and Female Dalby 2006, and
Interbreed bull Dalby 2007,
Interbreed Bull at Wandoan
and Chinchilla 2006,
Interbreed bull at Jandowae
2007. Steers have also been
shown over the years with
huge success.
Weetalabah currently runs
approximately 50 cows at
Chinchilla in south west
Queensland, Australia,
focusing on quiet
temperament, structural
soundness, easy doing, neat
compact udders, high milk,
medium framed, well-muscled
females. The Stud's aim is
to produce bulls for the
commercial buyer that will
not only give them perfect
females to retain but have
exceptional steers for the
domestic trade.
The Weetalabah Hereford Herd
has been a member of
Hereford Group Breedplan
since 1991.
Each year Weetalabah sells
bulls at Wodonga National
Sale, Glen Innes Hereford
Sale and through private on
farm sales. |

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Weetalabah Hereford
Stud
Influential Female
Lines:
• Cup Day
Purchased first Cup Day from Gorian Hereford Stud
Sire – RH Prospector
• Adventuress
Purchased Moorlands Hereford Stud
Sire – Moorlands Yarram Dam – Cootharaba Sturrock
• Clotilda
Purchased Moorlands Hereford Stud
Sire – Cootharaba Sturrock
• Maritana
Purchased Gorian Hereford Stud
Sire – Devon Court Cocktail
• Wonder
Purchased Bramble Hereford Stud
Sire – Hot Shot RHHR 20w
Dam – M009 Onslow Quest
• My Fancy
Purchased Bramble Hereford Stud
Sire – Park Grove Artist
• Loyalty
Purchased The Rock Hereford Stud
Sire – The Rock Masterpiece
• Last Day
Purchased The Rock Hereford Stud
Sire – Gorian Prospect
Natural Bulls Used
• Princeton Shelford
V080
Sire KD Shelford Dam by Bramble Bold Q171
Purchased at Glen Innes 2002 for $6000
• Bundarra Yang
RASY035.
Purchased at the 2005 Southern Cross sale for the
Top Price of $18000
• Bundarra Tiger
A016
• Weetalabah 65U
Toblerone T006
Sold and bought back to use over all the latest
introduced females.
• Weetalabah
Astronomical A017
• Weetalabah 26H
Buckaroo B011 used
over heifers in 2007
Hereford AI Sires
• Twin-L Standard
65U (Streak)
• Avon View Todman
• Courallie Pompeii
• CL1 Domino 598
• Smithston Royal
Choice R102
• PHR 95J Standard
28T
• Churchill Utah
• GH Buck 26H
• Lyonbank Grand
National
• Kaludah Matong |
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Twin-L Standard 65U (Streak) |

Julie and her parents Ian
and Gay Rabone founded
Weetalabah Gelbvieh Stud
in 1999, after preparing
cattle for Steve Sullivans,
SJ Stud at Warrumbungle with
the purchase of a female
from his dispersal sale.
Since then females have been
purchased from Norolle at
Millmerran. The Gelbviehs
are run under the same
guidelines as the Herefords.
Focusing also on quiet
temperaments, structural
soundness, easy doing, neat
compact udders, high milk,
medium framed, soft females.
Sires have been sourced
using purchased semen for AI
purposes as well as natural
bulls both bought and bred.
Currently Weetalabah run
approximately 15 head of
Gelbvieh females, but the
plan is to increase the herd
to at least 30 females in
the next 5 years.
Bulls have been sold at
Emerald Ag Grow, Toowoomba
Ag Show and at the Brisbane
Exhibition. Bulls will
be for sale in 2008 at the
National Gelbvieh Sale at
Warwick on 25th July.
Weetalabah has had wonderful
success in the Brisbane show
ring since starting showing
the Gelbviehs in 2004.
Show highlights have been
Grand Champion Bull in 2004
with Weetalabah Yard Stick
and in 2006 with Weetalabah
Atomic Power and Reserve
Champion Female 2007, with
Weetalabah PB Willy.
Weetalabah also shows the
Gelbviehs locally throughout
the southwest Queensland
show circuit, with great
success. |


Weetalabah Yardstick Y001
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Weetalabah Gelbvieh
Stud
Gelbvieh Sires Used
• Remital Fire Power
101F
• JRI PLD Peterbilt
• WGG Humbug 72H
• RP’s Sumitt S420
• Weetalabah We Will
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:: All
bulls bred by Weetalabah have a
guarantee that they will have a
sound temperament,
and come with a Veterinary Semen
Evaluation Report :: |