[1] In the 19th century, Strangways Springs was a pastoral property, one of eleven repeater station on Australia's Overland Telegraph Line and a stop on the Great Northern Railway.

Archaeological excavations have found signs of human occupation to the immediate west of Pangki Warrunha dating back to 560–700 years before present.

[8] In 1858, an expedition by Benjamin Herschel Babbage and Peter Edgerton Warburton was sent to determine if there was suitable pastoral land north of Lake Torrens .

[9] As a result of the work of Babbage and Warburton, and the maps they drew, European settlement extended into the far north of South Australia, with Strangways Springs and the surrounding area established as a sheep station in 1859.

The property changed hands several times in the nineteenth century and was impacted the droughts in the 1860s and 1890s.The homestead was relocated to Anna Creek in 1876 but there were still significant pastoral activities in and around Strangways Springs including the presence of an overseer, stockmen, and stock.

[12][13] A newspaper account in 1891 about life at Strangways Springs features photographs and short biographies of several Arabana stockmen who worked on the property—Kalli Kalli, Bill Rowdy and Tilbrook.

The original homestead was requisitioned and additional buildings and infrastructure were added, including a very large, stone tank which provided rain water for the telegraph batteries and the residents.

The site is maintained by a volunteer organisation, the Friends of the Mound Springs, who partner with the Arabana traditional owners and South Australian park and wildlife authorities.