"[4] According to the Manning Index of South Australian History the "Nantuwwara [sic] tribe of some 25 to 30 once occupied the country from the River Wakefield, north to Whitwarta and west to Hummock Range", an area which would encompass the modern localities of Bowmans, Whitwarta, Goyder, Beaufort, Nantawarra and Mount Templeton.

The term Nantuwara (or Nantuwaru) is considered to be a specific name for the northern hordes of the Kaurna people.

[5] Stone implements thought to have been used by the Nantuwara people were discovered at sites adjoining the banks of the lower reaches of the River Wakefield and added to a South Australian Museum collection curated by Harold Cooper in the 1960s.

The Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line has been converted to 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and rerouted to bypass the station and township.

The alignment of the southern entrance to the station is now the spur to service the Bowmans Rail intermodal terminal.