[1] It lies on land that was traditionally occupied by the Wardia clan of the Wurla indigenous people.
The property occupies an area of 4,047 square kilometres (1,563 sq mi),[2] and also operates as a tourist resort during the dry season.
Later, Byrne Terry and his wife took over management of Ellenbrae Station, diversifying it for tourism and allowing travellers to enjoy the beauty of the land and stay in onsite cabins.
Byrne was a pastoralist who worked hard to raise ecological awareness of the land, and had an artistic eye for detail.
Using raw natural Australian materials, he hand-made a number of furniture and wall décor pieces for the property, as well as fashioning a bathtub feature built into a 1000 year old boab tree.