Pioneering days of Miriam Vale and district', Queensland by W. G. Blomfield, 1946-1947 - Page 27
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Well over 60 years ago, in the eighties a man called MURRAY agreed to put up a four roomed cottage, beautiful slab & shingle roof, & a very well built cottage it was. Also yards very well built but badly planned. & he got well over 400 good sorts of brumbies & held them in a paddock of abt. 100 acres with a good two rail fence which he also put up.
There was little sale for the horses, as they lost too much condition being broken in, & he owed the station £117 when he left, but he got rid of most of the brumbies, & left ? which you would not get put up for £600 now, it was a good deal for the Station. He made trap yards with sapling rails, tied onto trees with wire. The old crossing (now washed out) just below BARINELD was called the trap yard crossing, & there were many others in gaps between the ridges, & he had long calico wings onto the main yard, up to a mile on each side, 4 inch strips nailed onto trees. One of his hands ALBERT SMITH wanted