Giralia

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Giralia Station, often called Giralia, is a large sheep station in Western Australia. It lies about 125 km south of Exmouth and 310 km north of Carnarvon in the Gascoyne region, with the homestead about 45 km from the North West Coastal Highway. It borders Marrilla, Bullara and Yanrey Stations and has frontage onto Exmouth Gulf. The property covers about 2,776 square kilometres, with roughly half sand plains and the rest dunes, limestone plains and stony plains, all suitable for grazing.

Giralia was established in 1888. The original lease covered about 2,047 sq km and was taken up by H. R. Frencry and Company. Construction of the homestead began in 1910 and was expanded to its present size by 1916. By 1930 the property carried about 44,000 sheep and produced 700 bales of wool.

In 2002 the property was acquired by the Department of Conservation and Land Management and is managed as a national park, while the Blake family remain on the property to run the tourist venue. In 2011 a massive bushfire burned about 1,500 square kilometres and came within roughly 40 metres of the homestead.