and pituri moved south. Birdsville was once a major meeting place for conducting ceremonies and trade. Innamincka Station was established in 1872 by Robert Bostock and grew until it covered over and in 1881 it supported a herd of 8,000 cattle. The first station and permanent settlement set up along the Cooper Creek. The tender was accepted for the run named Caryapundy by J. C. Myers in 1872. Myers has also had his tenders accepted for other runs such as Bollwarry, Mount Wood, Teriwinda and Torrens Creek. Annandale Station was established when Patrick Drinan took up the run in July 1876. Other properties were settled soon afterward including Kaliduwarry and Glengyle Stations. Pandie Pandie Station was established in the same year by Robert Frew as was Alton Downs and Planet Downs. Nearby Haddon Downs station was also taken up by Frew in 1877. Diamantina Lakes Station was also established in 1876 with a partnership between John Arthur Macartney and Hugh Louis Heber-Percy who initially took up the lease. Birdsville was originally known as Diamantina Crossing from 1881. but by 1882, the current name was in common use and was formalised at the proclamation of the town in 1887. See also Cravens Peak Reserve Regions of Queensland References Biogeography of Queensland IBRA regions Lake Eyre basin South West Queensland Central West Queensland