 Murphy was highly regarded by Leslie and arranged for the Governor of New South Wales to pardon Murphy.Murphys Creek developed as a railway town on the line between the regional city of Toowoomba and settlements to the east, including Helidon, Ipswich and Brisbane.A railway station in the town was opened in 1867, as a part of the Ipswich-Toowoomba segment of the Southern and Western Railway.