Murnpeowie

The land occupying the extent of the pastoral lease was gazetted as a locality by the Government of South Australia on 26 April 2013, with the name "Murnpeowie".

The area is composed of gibber plains that support dense stands Mitchell grass and saltbush.

[citation needed] The unusual name is Aboriginal in origin and means place of the bronzewing pigeon.

When Baker died in 1872, Elder consolidated all of the runs into a single entity of approximately 4,000 square miles (10,360 km2) named Blanchewater Horse Station, with a carrying capacity of 20,000 head.

The 2,520-pound (1,143 kg) stone was thought to be a rock until the men struck it with a hammer and were amazed by the bell-like sound they heard.