henry's participation in dalrymple's expedition resulted in him securing three pastoral stations: baroondah (now the locality of baroondah) on the dawson river, mt mcconnel at the junction of the suttor and burdekin rivers, and conway (which adjoined mt mcconnel) at the head of sellheim creek. by 1861 he and his brother arthur had stocked them with sheep and cattle driven from southern queensland properties.