It would appear no accident therefore, that among the first pastoral leases taken up in these areas in 1867, by H. Twine, were leases including Barballing, said to be about six miles north from Mangowine, Mangowine, represented to be about ten miles east from Yarragin, and Yarragin, represented as being about eight miles south-east from Waddouring Rock. All these localities had been visited and described by Roe, the Gregorys, Austin and Clarkson, and all contained large rock outcrops which pinpointed them as water sites, with the attendant axiom that feed would also be found at these places.

The early pastoral settlers left few descriptions of the countryside but were meticulous in siting the watering places on their lease applications.

Excerpt from page 9 of On The Line by Jocelyn Maddock.