[2] Other properties that it shares boundaries with include Kooline, Amelia, Wyloo, Rocklea, Mininer, Pingandy and Turee Creek Stations, as well as areas of vacant crown land.
[1] Established in the 1880s by a group of investors from Northam, including George Throssell,[3] by 1890 the property was struck by drought, with the flock size being reduced from 16,000 in 1890 to 5,300 the following year.
[7] The property was retained by Hancock's sons John, George and Richard, all of who had been managing the station.
[3] John Fredrick Jnr was the last of the Hancock brothers to own Ashburton Station, In 1911 the property had a flock of 30,000 sheep and produced 475 bales of wool.
[8] In 1918 the property was passed from Hancock Brothers to the Ashburton Downs Station Ltd. At the time it occupied 755,520 acres (3,057 km2) and was stocked with 19,000 sheep and 320 horses.