Urisino was owned by Samuel Wilson in the 1860s.[2] By 1883 the owners had spent £28,800 on improvements.[3] In 1894 approximately 120,000 sheep were being shorn at Urisino.[4]
In 1913 the property was running sheep and was being managed by Mr Tooth who was also the manager of Elsinora and Thurloo Downs Stations.[5]
Ursino was later a strategic watering hole for stock belonging to Sidney Kidman.[2] Kidman acquired the property in 1918[6] along with Elsinora and Thurloo Downs from Goldsbrough Mort & Co.[7] and held it until 1923.[2]
The property occupied an area of 81,200 acres (32,860 ha) in 1935 and received an average rainfall of 9 inches (229 mm).[8]
The station was abandoned and in disrepair in 1992 when it was acquired by Andrea Rudd and Paul Hansen. The pair restored the homestead making it suitable tourist accommodation.[9]
Since 2007 the station has been the focus of the largest carbon project in Australia's history; the Urisino Forest Regeneration Project.[10] The project works to de-stock the overgrazing feral animals in a humane way, allowing the flora and fauna to recover from the previous drought-stricken state. It is recognised under the Australian Carbon Farming Initiative.[11]
