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Property History
ESTABLISHED 1855
In 1847 Job Hobbs, his wife Esther, and their children migrated from England to South Australia. In 1855, Job took up several land grants in the Tungkillo district which formed the base of the Hobbs family's 'Bottlesford' property. The homestead and surrounding stone sheds were built in the 1850s.
The property was named after the hamlet of Bottlesford in Wiltshire, England, where the family lived before moving to Australia.
Today
Today the property is run by Gerald and Jeannette Koopman and son Darren, members of the fifth and sixth generation of the family.
The property is run as a mixed grazing enterprise with a self replacing cattle herd, together with Merino and Prime Lamb sheep flocks.
Murray Grey cattle were first introduced to the property in 1985. Cattle have been introduced from a number of South Australian Stud herd, with the majority of cattle being sourced from the Willalooka Murray Grey Stud. More recently, cattle have also been introduced from the Monterey and Woodburn Murray Grey Studs.
In 2005 Angus cattle were introduced to the property. Initially cattle were selected from the Willalooka Angus Stud, and more recently cattle have been introduced from the Monterey, Coolana and Stoney Point herds.
The Bottlesford herd has always maintained a primary focus on breeding functional cattle to suit today's commercial market requirements.
