It began as a sheep station and river crossing before undergoing a major transformation as a railway town.
Originally a sheep station it has been more recently a goat export receival station.
Currently occupying an area of 85000acre ha the property is still operating as a sheep station but also as a farmstay for tourists.
The island regarded as an ideal place for a sheep station as there was no danger of rabbit invasion.
Yeelirrie was placed in care and maintenance and once more used as a sheep station.
Used as a sheep station from the early 1900s onwards the station was sold to the state government in 1990.
Cattle station has a parallel term, sheep station, for those stations carrying sheep rather than cattle.
Drenching for internal parasites is an important routine on a sheep station.
