Camboon Station Records ; Coochin Coochin Station Records
Collection
Accession number
OMF
Date
1870-1978
Scope and content
These records not only described the daily activities of a pastoral station, the climate, rainfall and stock production, they also identify employees of Asian and Aboriginal heritage. For additional information relating to the history of Camboon station see: 'Camboon Reminiscences' by Francis M Bell, 1947.
System of arrangement
Arranged into 11 series.
Description
60 station diaries; 3 letterbooks; 16 station ledgers; 4 day books; 8 cashbooks; 2 wages ledgers; 11 stock ledgers; correspondence; 4 notebooks.
Administrative / Biographical history
Camboon (Caamboon in the language of the Wulli Wullli people) was first occupied by James Reid in 1856, who took up a run of 10,000 acres.
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status
Multiple copyright statuses.
Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright
Preferred citation
OMF, Camboon Station Records ; Coochin Coochin Station Records, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.