Billabong Droughtmaster Stud.
Excellence and Satisfaction.
BILLABONG DROUGHTMASTERS....
You wont be disappointed in the Billabong Bulls Buyers
Billabong Bulls will be selling with JBAS-7 status so are clear for entry to WA and NT.
This year Billabong will be presenting 10 bulls at the National sale with 4 selling under the Billabong-JC banner late on day 1, September 11th, Lots 252-255, and 6 selling early day 2, September 12th, lots 330-335
Billabong Stud is a family operation run by John and Catherine Hicks, Ray and Moya Hicks and family, based at "Billabong" near Moura in Central Queensland, Australia. The property of Billabong has been home for the Hicks family for over 50 years, we run Droughtmaster and Brahman herds on Billabong, and on Mt. Aldis and on Sandra Downs at Bauhinia Downs.
The Droughtmaster Foundation stud of Alanray was started by LG Hicks and sons and began with a draft of heifers purchased from Monty Atkinson of Mungalla Stud Ingham and Glen Ruth Stud, Mt Garnet; heifers were also purchased from Jarvis Collins of Wandilla Stud, Marlborough. Following these purchases numbers were built up using Wairuna Red Brahman Bulls and Stud shorthorn cows using the Droughtmaster appendix registering D System.
When the family partnership was dissolved Billabong Droughtmaster Stud was formed from a selection of the Alanray Stud Cows. While selecting for structural soundness, quiet temperament, short coats for tick resistance and fertility our herd was ever on the increase to a point when we were travelling to sales at Clermont, Longreach, Charters Towers, Roma, Springsure, and Rockhampton every year selling bulls.
The first Brahman bull used at Alanray/Billabong was by Wairuna Tom and he was mated to red Shorthorn Cows from Natal Downs in 1959/1960. Some early sires were used from Avondale and Mimosa. About the same time a draft of both red and grey cows were purchased from Ossie Clark, Allawah, Banana. Females also came from Banyak Suka, Tartrus and Cherokee Studs.
Until a few years ago we continued to run both red and grey Brahman herds but then sold our entire herd of grey cows to a single breeder and have concentrated on our red herd since.
We sell our Brahman bulls through the annual Brahman Week sale in Rockhampton Brahman Sale in October/November every year. Throughout the year we have both stud and commercial bulls and females for sale.
We select our Brahmans for their structural soundness, quiet temperament, and fertility.
At Billabong our motto has always been Excellence and Satisfaction.
