[7] After bringing Waler horses from his father's property Gibeanie on the Stuart Highway,[6] they increased the stock, which retained genetic isolation from others in the country.

[5] Newhaven Station was purchased by Birds Australia for A$750,000 (which included funding of A$330,000 from the federal government via its National Reserve System)[7] in December 2000 from Coppock.

[citation needed] Newhaven's landforms include parallel dunes, salt lakes, claypans, plains and rocky hills.

[8] For many years, the original station owner, Alex Coppock, continued to act as guide and mentor to scientists working on the property.

[11][12][13] In August 2023, a joint team comprising AWC staff and Indigenous ranger women translocated 40 golden bandicoots[14] from the Charnley River-Artesian Range Wildlife Sanctuary in northern WA to Newhaven, after previously carrying out a survey of the animals.

[14] In August 2024, 40 brushtail possums, believed to be locally extinct in the Red Centre, were translocated from Kangaroo Island in South Australia (where they are abundant) to Newhaven.