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Puttapa or Puttapa Station is a pastoral lease that operates as a sheep station, located in the Flinders Ranges region of South Australia, to the south of Leigh Creek. There are heritage-listed sites of considerable significance on the property, in particular the Ajax Mine Fossil Reef, which is under consideration for UNESCO World Heritage status.
Len Ragless purchased the lease in 1936, and it remained in the Ragless family until it was put on the market in early 2025 by Len's grandson, Graham Ragless. The property has kept some cattle in the past, and harvested feral goats, but it has been primarily a sheep station. It transitioned from Merino, bred mainly for their wool, to and Australian White sheep, which are bred for their meat.
The land occupying the extent of the Puttapa pastoral lease was gazetted by the Government of South Australia as a locality in April 2013 under the name Puttapa.
The property was sold in May 2025.
It also has tourist facilities, in the form of converted sheep shearer and tracks for motorbikes and .
Heritage listings
, Puttapa Station contains the following heritage-listed sites:
See also
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