The property boasts 35 new ring dams with over 15,000 cubic metres (529,720 cu ft) of water storage.
Babburain is recorded in 1910 by Daisy Bate's informants as the Aboriginal name for the area on the Oakover river that Balfour Downs Station takes in.
[5] In 1915 an Aboriginal man named Darby from the Oakover River taking in Balfour Downs Station died at Mundiwindi telegraph station and was buried at Savory Creek, leaving behind two Aboriginal children, known as the Darby sisters.
In 1917 the girls were forcibly removed from Balfour Downs and placed into the care of the McDonald family of Nullagine then moved onto the Moore River Native Settlement.
[6] Doris Pilkington Garimara, the author of Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, was born on the station in 1937 and was forcibly removed with her mother four years later to the Moore River settlement.
Ma is a wealthy Chinese businessman who owns Ferngrove Wine Group based in the Great Southern region of Western Australia and Emu Downs Station.