Shorten Extract from the book "Around the Black Stump" page 58

Ludwig Leichhardt and Samuel Stutchbury

Booyamurra Station

One of the first stations in the Coolah Valley was "Booyamurra", about one mile east of Coolah. One of William Lawson's son's, Nelson Simmons Lawson was establishing a station at ‘Booyamurra' and on nearby land rented from Henry Clarke.

N.S. Lawson had to wait until 1^st November 1840, before deeds were issued for 1920 acres of ‘Booyamurra' Station.

‘Booyamurra' Station had two notable visitors during this period. Explorer Ludwig Leichhardt stayed overnight on 25^th March 1843 and Samuel Stutchbury, the first Government Geologist, visited on the 2^nd December 1852. Years early in England, Stutchbury had tutored Leichhardt in geology.

Samuel Stutchbury stayed at ‘Oakey Creek', on the Coolah - Gunnedah Road, on 25^th January 1853. He records in his diary that at ‘Allison's' they quarried a good building stone and manufactured some grindstone's from it and the local limestone was suitable for mortar and plastering.

More of the Station's history can be found in the book ‘Around the Black Stump',

 pages 58 to 68.