[2] Stock can be watered by a large number of smaller ephemeral creeks and Altiboulka Lake, which receives floodwaters from the Bulloo River.
The properties were stocked with 5,000 ewes and lambs, and included the homestead at Salisbury, kitchen, stores and some fencing.
The bore was the furthest to the west in the colony reached a depth of 1,500 feet (457 m) and produced 500,000 imperial gallons (2 ML) of water per day for stock.
[5] By 1924 the area was being plagued by dingos; Salisbury had been carrying flocks of up to 80,000 sheep but since the pest arrived numbers had dropped substantially.
[6] In 1936 the property occupied an area of 434,266 acres (175,741 ha) when it was sold by the estate of Sidney Kidman to Elsinore Limited.