The Ashburton Land District was opened up for pastoral leases after the explorations of
Francis Thomas Gregory in the 1860s. In 1922 the Burts put up a portion of the station for auction. A total of , of which was fenced, was put on the market. The area included parts of the Cane River, including one permanent pool as well as five wells. The station was sold in 1928 for £60,000 carrying a flock of 30,000 to 35,000 sheep. The property was acquired by Messrs. Banard, Brandi, W. Montgomery and McManus, who had formed the Peedamulla Pastoral Company. In 1930 the property was on the market again, advertised as having an area of and stocked with 34,000 sheep. The property has an area of enclosed in sheep proof fencing and subdivided into 32 paddocks equipped with 35 wells with windmills and troughs. In 1932 the property was in the hands of
liquidators and still for sale. It was acquired by Cornelius McManus and W Montgomery later the same year. in 1937 for £19,522. By 1961 the landholding had been reduced down to following resumption of lands for the Onslow town water supply. A cyclone hit the same year followed by another in 1963 with both causing damage to the buildings and loss of livestock. The Hardies sold the property in the 1970s to Moira and Neville MacDonald for 70,000, then three years later the MacDonalds sold it to the Commonwealth Government, stocked with 28,000 sheep, to be used by
Aboriginal people of the region. The homestead ruin has been assessed for heritage status due to the connection with the prominent Western Australian
Burt family. ==See also==