[1] Together Mount House and Glenroy occupy an area of 5,059 km2 (1,953 sq mi) and can carry approximately 20,000 head of cattle.
[1] In 1919, in a remarkable feat of droving, 300 horses were overlanded over 2,000 mi (3,218.7 km) from Kapunda to Fossil Downs and Glenroy.
Only 26 horses were lost on the journey but one stockman was drowned at Caroline Pool on the last stages.
An abattoir was constructed at Glenroy in 1948 to send beef by air to Wyndham and Derby.
This was the first drought suffered by pastoralists in 70 years, with many hurriedly sinking bores and buying feed to keep their stock alive.