Roy Hill Station is a pastoral lease and cattle station, located about 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the Roy Hill mine.
Mallina had suffered from several years drought so Cooke was keen to secure new pastures.
The first official lease was granted to D. MacKay in 1890 for an area of 20,000 acres (8,094 ha).
[4] It is situated south of Mulga Downs Station, once owned by Lang Hancock and presently owned by his daughter Gina Rinehart.
[5] A nearby 69-metre (226 ft) bridge crossing the Fortescue River to service the cattle industry was constructed in the late 1920s.