Old station records discovered in the roof cavity of Old Bullamon Homestead in 1967 have helped greatly to bring the history of Bullamon Station to life, as Vaughan Baker explains.

My brother Graeme and I were exploring our new home not long after we arrived at Bullamon in 1967 when one of us climbed the outside of the large brick chimney at the southern end of the house and looked through the aperture cut for it in the old shingle roof into the opening above the ceiling of the large room then used as the kitchen and dining room.
A dusty pile of old, handwritten ledgers were stacked there, which when brought down turned out to be mainly "Letter Books" dating from 1886 to early 1891. These were how records were kept before the advent of carbon paper to make copies of letters while being written. 

They provide an insight into the day-to-day operation of the station, including the difficulties associated with transport, and also record some major events including the 1890 flood and the beginning of industrial action by shearers. They include orders for stores, equipment and garden items and an inventory of working plants as well as glimpses of the personal lives of the people living at Bullamon, such as subscriptions to magazines and newspapers. The letter books are also a valuable resource for local and family history, as they include many names, including of First Nations people. 

There was also a "Station Horse Book" from 1912 that detailed the names and descriptions of horses present on Bullamon and other local stations owned by the AP Co at the time, and if they were serviceable or notations if they had died. 

I found these very interesting and have borrowed some of the more creative names myself to use in bush ballads I've written or as names for actual horses that I've owned over the years. 
The Letter Books were preserved and published in book form and on CD through a grant sourced by the Thallon Progress Association some years ago. A copy of this CD can be found at the Queensland State Library.