It is situated approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of White Cliffs and 240 kilometres (149 mi) north west of Bourke close to the Queensland border.
The station was established in 1882 by Edward Killen who took up the lease of virgin unimproved and waterless country with boundaries that had not been surveyed.
The property occupied an area of 317,000 acres (128,285 ha) and Killen stocked it with sheep.
[1] Water boring was successful at Elsinora in 1893 when a flow rate of 1,000,000 imperial gallons (5 ML) per day was produced.
[5] Sidney Kidman acquired the property in 1918[6] along with Urisino and Thurloo Downs from Goldsbrough Mort & Co[7] and held it until 1923.