Tickalara received of rain over a few days in 1890 and the surrounding country was submerged for miles around. The property was stocked with about 50,000 sheep in 1894. Sackville and
Sidney Kidman acquired Tickalara in late 1897 for £10,000 from the Fitzgerald brothers. The Kidmans also acquired many other stations in the channel country at about the same time including
Annandale and
Alton Downs Station. At this time the station occupied an area of and was stocked with 22,000 sheep, 600 cattle and 600 horses. 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. ==See also==