Blackrock Angus is located in Vasse between of Busselton and Margaret River. The property is on the Swan Coastal Plain, an area known for its productive soils and suitable grazing.
Close to the ocean, the Mediterranean climate provides cool dry summers and wet winters, conducive to many agricultural pursuits.
The Blackrock Stud continues to build on the many highlights it has achieved since it first offered bulls for public sale.
An annual production sale is held each February in Boyanup, Western Australia.
The breeding objective has expanded considerably since those early years from increasing growth to now breeding cattle with moderate birth and mature weight combined with good carcase, breed average fat or above and above average docility.
These breeding goals must not compromise the Angus Breeds inherent strengths of female fertility, the ability to calve unassisted and reconceive quickly. This is the challenge that keeps us going in a breed that has made giant strides over the last 50 years.
Wesfarmers News. Sep 11, 1969
New W.A. Angus Stud Will Aid Progressive Graziers
Naranghi Angus cattle from Victoria have been purchased by Messrs D. H. & F. A. MacLeay to found their new BLACKROCK Angus Stud at Vasse, near Busselton...
Wesfarmers News. Apr 11, 1974
Blackrock Angus sets Busselton bull sale record
A new all breeds record for the Busselton annual bull sale was established last week and it was broken the same day...
Wesfarmers News. Mar 1976
Solid Blackrock
Blackrock Tyrian, the 1560-lb bull which topped the inaugural...
Source Unknown. 18 Mar 1976
Capeldene Blackrock Sale SpotlightSource Unknown. 1981
National reference Angus sire bred in WA
BLACKROCK Hercules, bred by Don and Felicity MacLeay at Vasse, has been selected as one of the three reference sires in the Angus Society's 1981 sire reference scheme...
Source Unknown. 1981
Blackrock Excalibur
Sold at the National Sale 1981 to GD & VD Frazer NSW. Sired both the champion HEAVYWEIGHT and the champion LIGHTWEIGHT carcase at the Sydney Royal Show 1986.