Louisa Downs Station

A significant meteorite crater (astrobleme) known locally as Goat Paddock Pocket is located in the northern part of the station near the junction of the O'Donnell and Margaret River in an area known as "Bluebush".

Hand written notes on strips of toilet paper were then dropped to the white overseers who accompanied these teams, as the Aboriginal stockmen were largely illiterate.

The Public Works Department set up a flow monitoring station on the Margaret River at the entrance of the gorge where it enters the Mueller Ranges, in 1966.

In 2005, Department of Housing and Works received grants totalling A$281,300 to build airstrips and improve facilities to Royal Flying Doctor Service standard at Louisa Downs and other places in the Kimberley as part of the Regional Airports Development Scheme funding provided by the Gallop government.

The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed in the crash when the helicopter struck a rock face then plunged into the water below and was submerged.