Gold prospector and explorer Frank Hann visited the area in 1898 and named Mount Elizabeth after his mother.
[1] Pioneer Frank Lacy drove a herd of cattle across the Kimberley and established the station in 1945.
[1] The Lacy family has held the lease since 1945 and started offering accommodation to tourists in addition to rearing cattle in the 2000s.
[2] As of 2014[update] the 1,791-square-kilometre (692 sq mi) property was still on the market along with at least 15 others in the Kimberley and Northern Territory.
Summers are very hot and rainy with oppressive humidity leading up to the wet season.