The Fitzgerald brothers owned the station from 1887 to 1897 and lost about £100,000 over those 10 years.
[1] Tickalara received 10 inches (254 mm) of rain over a few days in 1890 and the surrounding country was submerged for miles around.
[3] Sackville and Sidney Kidman acquired Tickalara in late 1897[4] for £10,000 from the Fitzgerald brothers.
At this time the station occupied an area of 700 square miles (1,813 km2) and was stocked with 22,000 sheep, 600 cattle and 600 horses.
[5] Following a drought in Western Australia and South Australia in 1914, Kidman offered farmers agistment for their horses at Tickalara for 500 head until conditions improved.