The area is a mix of landscapes including sand dunes, claypans, sandstone mesas, gibber plains and river channels.
The Diamantina River traverses the area meaning the plains are able to support extensive grasslands and have near-permanent naturally deep waterholes, fed by seasonal rains and the Great Artesian Basin.
[1] The station was established in 1876 with a partnership between John Arthur Macartney and Hugh Louis Heber-Percy, who initially took up the lease.
Kidman lost over 75,000 head of stock on all of his properties through the channel country, including Glengyle, Durham Downs, Innamincka and Sandringham Stations.
[6] George Hooper and E. A. Trenenny formed a partnership and acquired the station, then later sold it to the Queensland Government.