Napier Downs is situated about 130 kilometres (81 mi) east of Derby[1] and 150 kilometres (93 mi) north west of Fitzroy Crossing and is accessed via the Gibb River Road.
[2] The plains are savannah country with many gorges found between the ridges at the southern end of the range.
[3] The 4,047-square-kilometre (1,563 sq mi) station stocked with 20,000 head of Red Brahman cattle was acquired by Kerry Stokes from Peter Leutenegger in 2015[1] for an estimated A$23 million to A$40 million.
[4] Leutenegger, a former helicopter pilot, had worked in the region since 1980, and had acquired the property in 1992[5] after the Brucellosis and Tuberculosis Eradication program in the Kimberleys in the 1980s had led to many stations having to destock.
[6] In 1910 Napier Downs occupied an area of 900,000 acres (3,642 km2), was stocked with 9,000 cattle, and was still owned by M. C.