[2] Yardea was established at some time prior to 1865, and was the first property taken up in the Gawler Ranges,[3] with Hiltaba and Paney following soon afterwards.
The police were withdrawn from the property in 1885, and the building was converted into a post office and telegraph station.
After the direct telegraph link to Western Australia was established in 1903, it became a repeater station.
[2] By 1881 the property was owned by Main, Sells and Company, in which year it is recorded they sold 750 head of cattle and 7,000 wethers to A. Wooldridge of Arcoona Station.
[7] The Station remained unlet until it was re-established by Andrew Tennant and James Moseley in 1904.
[2] In 2000, the State Government purchased the part of Yardea that had been Paney Station and converted it to Gawler Ranges National Park.