Exmouth Gulf Station

Brockman sold parts of the lease in 1888 to ornithologist Thomas Carter including Exmouth, Yardie Creek and Ningaloo Station.

Carter was the first settler in the area and established a pastoral station in 1889 grazing sheep.

He then established most of the coastal wells and carefully recorded the Aboriginal names of the places in which they were located.

[2] Initially Yardie Creek and Exmouth were part of the same lease, but were split in 1912 at the same time the Point Cloates whaling station was established on the coast nearby.

[5] A Boomerang A-46 aircraft hit a wireless mast while making a low pass over the station in 1943, tearing a section off the wing of the plane.