It is located about 75 kilometres (47 mi) north west of Leinster and 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Wiluna in the Mid West region of Western Australia.
Sheep had been introduced to the property and increased in numbers as the country was being opened up.
[1] The quality of wool produced at the property was highly regarded, with top prices being paid for bales from Albion.
It had suffered through a five-year drought and the flock had been reduced from 20,000 to 9,000 sheep.
The station occupied an area of 707,000 acres (286,113 ha) at this time.