The traditional owners of the area are the Adnyamathanha and Arabunna peoples; Witchelina straddles of the boundary of both the groups' traditional lands.[1] The property was first established as a sheep station by John Ragless in 1873.[2]
Ragless' sons, Frederick and Richard, left Witchelina in 1882 with 2,500 sheep and three station hands to open up a property east of Lake Callabonna; after some poor seasons, the brothers abandoned the run in 1886.[3]
In 1915 the property was carrying a flock of approximately 4,000 sheep.[4] The Ragless brothers placed Witchelina on the market in 1916, at this time it occupied an area of 485 square miles (1,256 km2) with a 10-room homestead, a 20-stand shearing shed and a complete boundary fence.[5]Sidney Kidman acquired the property in partnership with Lewis and Pearce.[6]
Following a heat wave in 1932, the station manager, Mr. Gourlay, trapped an estimated 100,000 rabbits, including 5,000 in a single night.[7]
In 1949, the area had good rains, although several miles of boundary fence at Witchelina were washed away.[8] Kidman estates disposed of Witchelina, Mount Nor' West, Myrtle Springs and Ediacra stations with a combined area of over 2,000 square miles (5,180 km2) in 1950. The purchasers were A. S. Toll, E. G. and J. L. Boynthon, who had established the Myrtle Springs Pastoral company.[9]
The 4,219-square-kilometre (1,629 sq mi) property was on the market in 2009.[10] The property boasts a stone two-story homestead, a three bedroom manager's house, a ten-room shearers' quarters, a six-stone shearing shed, and significant shedding around the holding.[10] The property is rated to carry either 6,600 head of cattle or 33,000 sheep.[10]
