The unusual name is Aboriginal in origin and is the word for the pig face plant that grows in the area.
[1] The property was established at some time prior to 1858 when Hugh Archibald Crawford quit his grocery business into take up Kirkala which he took up with his brother-in-law James Munro Linklater.
Together they occupied an area of 270 square miles (699 km2) and were stocked with approximately 11,100 sheep.
[3] The properties boasted an eight bedroom stone homestead, a cottage, store, huts and stable along with 12 wells to water stock.
[5] The main station, including the homestead, school/shearers' dining room, stables, blacksmith's shop and cottage, as well as an outstation with a two-roomed cottage, external bakehouse and underground tank, are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register.