The site covers 3.29 hectares (8.1 acres), ranging from animal enclosures and display areas to visitor facilities, including picnic spaces, shops and basic amenities.

Featherdale is located on what was originally a 7-acre (2.8 ha) plot of land owned by Charles and Marjorie Wigg, which they purchased in 1953, in what was then a poultry farm.

It was threatened with closure in 1975 by rezoning and development for public housing, but the decision was reversed by premier Sir Robert Askin.

The involved parties gathered to assess the functions of Featherdale Wildlife Park with regards to a proposed development of Sydney Zoo.

[4] Many celebrities have visited Featherdale, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Will Smith, Gwen Stefani, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert De Niro, Matt Damon, Dave Grohl and Smokey Robinson.

Featherdale Wildlife Park stated that the closures had significant impacts on the animals that were conditioned to constant attention from visitors.

[13] Its 3.29 hectares (8.1 acres) include animal enclosures and display areas, as well as visitor facilities such as picnic spaces, shops, and basic amenities.

[12][14] Featherdale Wildlife Park provides various facilities that cater to the convenience of visitors, the assistance of those with impairments and basic essential amenities.

[15][12] The premises is a ZAA-accredited (Zoo Aquarium Association Australasia) facility, ensuring that the wildlife park cooperates with state and federal government standards and legislation.

The park's collection includes kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, short-beaked echidnas, quokkas, quolls, greater bilbies, dingos, emus, southern cassowaries, little penguins, saltwater crocodiles, and several other mammals, reptiles and birds.

The study resulted in a comparison of species that were in captivity in the park compared to wild populations in Sydney and around the NSW coastline.

[18] The park supplied quoll faeces samples to the University of New South Wales in 2005 to study odours and predators in various Critical Weight Range (CWR) marsupials.

[20] C. Staples from Featherdale Wildlife Park provided samples for a study on koalas, their genomes and the relationship with decreasing population numbers.

[23] Scat samples of common wombats were provided to the Western Sydney University to understand the impacts of stress and parasites.

[9][20] Featherdale Wildlife Park provided "fresh-frozen" owl pellets to study common brushtail possum behaviour.

[28] Featherdale Wildlife Park is a privately owned enterprise that has declared that their receive no government funding or financial support.

[29] In December 1996 it was purchased by Amalgamated Holding Limited (now Event Hospitality and Entertainment) owned Featherdale Wildlife Park as part of their investment in leisure and attractions[30][31] for $5.5 million.

[34] In 2014, Previous owners, Moss Capital, have stated that the style of management and team at the premises are a reason the park is an attractive asset and functioning business.

[35] General manager, Tim Sinclair-Smith, has stated that the profitability of the park as a business is required to run operations and to support breeding and conservation projects.