In these areas, the key industries of mining, pastoral stations and tourism are all dependent on the highway.

The name of the town is Aboriginal in origin, meaning "plain" and was originally given a local pastoral station.

The town is surrounded by pastoral stations mostly raising sheep.

Carter was the first settler in the area and established a pastoral station in 1889 grazing sheep.

The original buildings on the site formed an outstation of the original pastoral station.

The name Bowgada was taken from the pastoral station located nearby.

Initial enrolment totalled 121 students from 27 Territory communities, pastoral stations and missions.

Temora started as a pastoral station in 1847.

He rested his hope on walking overland to a pastoral station when the wet season began.

When 1 May 1946 occurred hundreds of Aboriginal workers left the pastoral stations and setup strike camps.