Charles Brown Fisher and his brother Hurtle had a huge influence on the history of Bullamon and the district. 

The Fisher brothers arrived in South Australia from England in 1836. From a small start near Adelaide, CB Fisher became one of the biggest pastoralists in Australia, with stations in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory. Both he and Hurtle were noted horse breeders and involved in the establishment of Australian thoroughbred racing: Hurtle was a foundation member of the Victoria Racing Club, of which Charles was later Chairman and Hurtle’s horse Lantern won the 1864 Melbourne Cup. 

Hurtle bought Bullamon and Cubbie from Duncan Mackay in 1875 and ran them in partnership with James Hill. Fisher and Hill added several more runs to Bullamon and invested heavily in improvements (wells, dams and fencing). Charles provided financial backing for Fisher and Hill and in the early 1880s, bought several properties in the district: these included Dareel, Gnoolooma, Noondoo, Narine, Yeranbah and Doondi. By the late 1880s, the Fishers were in financial difficulties. Charles sent a nephew to England to establish the Australian Pastoral Company Limited for the purpose of acquiring Bullamon, Cubbie and his own stations in the district. At its peak, the Company’s stations occupied much of the present Balonne Shire. 

Bullamon was noted for the quality of its horses during the Fisher and Hill period, as indicated by this advertisement in 1885.
 
During the 1880s, Hurtle moved from Melbourne to Headington Hill on the Darling Downs, and later to Glenearn Station near Surat where he lived until the late 1890s. While based in Melbourne before moving to Queensland, Hurtle was sometimes asked to obtain goods for Bullamon, as in these letters requesting his assistance. CB Fisher’s personal involvement in Bullamon is also apparent from letters in the Bullamon letter books. After the transition to the AP Co, Charles remained involved in the operation of Bullamon: a letter from Edward Hill in 1890 read (full stops added for ease of reading):