Lockyer Brothers & Hester

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DescriptionThe Lockyer family owned Table Hill Station, a cattle and sheep station, near Roebourne and Cossack in the Pilbara. It was also a stud for horse breeding. The house was at Cooya Pooya (also known as Cooya Pooya Station) on the banks of the Harding River.

The Lockyer Brothers purchased the Avon Bridge Hotel in Northam in 1888 and Elliot Agett Lockyer ran it.

Alfred & Albert Lockyer bought Springs Station, near to Table Hill Station, south of Roebourne, but with more reliable water sources, in the early 1890s.

The Lockyer stations used extensive Chinese and Aboriginal labour. They employed Chhoa Siang, Chia A Bun, Chow A Hong, Go A Chin, Ho Khai Song, Lee Ah Chap, Lim A Meng (1), Lim A Niu, Lim A Po, Lo A Chiam, AddressCooya Pooya,6714,AustraliaLocation^[1]

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Lockyer Brothers & Hester

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