Cooya Pooya - WA

The first settlers / pastoralists William Taylor and Thomas Lockyer settled during the mid-1860s. Several years later, Taylor sold his interests and left the area.

Lockyer originally named the lease Table Hill Station and 1885 Lockyer and his four sons ran 28,000 sheep. The Lockyers acquired a run further inland on the Fortescue River which when combined with Table Hill had a total area of 900,000 acres (3,642 km2). The merged station became known as "Cooya Pooya".

Following a drought the station was abandoned for a time in 1897, with all stock being relocated to the tableland.

Samuel L. Burges purchased Cooya Pooya in 1911 and acquired neighbouring Springs Station in the same year. By 1912 the property was carrying 22,000 sheep.

The Stove brothers acquired the station prior to 1925, adding it to their portfolio which included Mount Welcome and Cherritta stations. The region was struck by a severe cyclone in early 1925, causing severe damage to Cooya Pooya and many other properties in the area.

By 1950, Percy Stove and his wife left the station to move south. Their son Jack took over management of the property in their absence. The following year Stove was lucky not to be killed when a fire broke out in the storeroom, and a box of gelignite exploded blowing the roof clean off.

The old homestead was placed on the state heritage list in 1998. The building is a single storey stone structure with an iron roof and detached kitchen.