Actons' Santa ties run deep

MS
Updated October 15 2021 - 9:33am, first published October 5 2021 - 7:00am
Great fit: The Actons have found that bulls purchased from the Walker family, Strathmore Santa Gertrudis, Blackall, are ideally suited for their large areas of country on Millungera.
Great fit: The Actons have found that bulls purchased from the Walker family, Strathmore Santa Gertrudis, Blackall, are ideally suited for their large areas of country on Millungera.

It was in 1964 that the Acton family's focus on the Santa Gertrudis breed took shape when Tom Acton bought his first Santa bulls from Sir James Waller at Cumberland Santa Stud at Longreach.

MS

Howdy. Matt here. I've been with Australian Community Media for 11 years working predominantly across the North Queensland Register and Queensland Country Life. If it's a special publication or feature appearing in these papers, I'm likely the bloke you'll be talking too, particularly if it's beef cattle related.

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