Situated approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) southeast of Leigh Creek and 480 kilometres (298 mi) north of Adelaide, the property was established in 1855 by John Baker, who had applied for the Angepena and Pernunna leases the previous year.
The following year, a hut-keeper employed at the property was murdered by Aboriginal people, after which Baker asked for police protection.
[4] In 1966, the property was bought by Waraweena proprietors and was run by Mr and Mrs SW Nicholls.
In 2007, the station was placed on the market and was going to be sold to a youth support organization, Operation Flinders.
The traditional owners of the area, the Adnyamathanha people, who had been trying to buy a property in the region for the previous eight years, were devastated and asked the government to halt the sale.