[1] The station was founded prior to 1885 with Messrs Douglas and Hemphill's "stock ... running near Helen's Springs near Tompkinson Creek on the telegraph line".
[2] Composed primarily of open grazing land the property occupies an area of 10,198 square kilometres (3,937 sq mi).
[4] Edith Bohning and her daughters, Esther and Elsie, became known as the "petticoat drovers" when the two girls took a mob of cattle from Alice Springs to Adelaide by train in 1929.
"[5] Helen Springs was acquired by the Vestey Group in 1944 as well as some other smaller holdings in the area as part of extending their operations in the Northern Territory.
[10] Vesteys sold a large number of cattle stations in 1992 including Helen Springs which was acquired by Stanbroke Pastoral Company.