Licensee
1865-1868 – Andrew Pepper1New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Tuesday 18 February 1868 (No.42), p 476. 2New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Wednesday 26 August 1868 (No.208 [SUPPLEMENT]), p 2871.
Location
Newtown
Historical Maps3NSW Land Registry Service, Parish and Historical Maps. Historical Land Records Viewer https://www.nswlrs.com.au/Parish-and-Historical-Maps. Accessed 18 February 2023. indicates the land purchased by Andrew Pepper was as set out in the table below.
| Purchased | Por | Plan | Loc | Vol | Fol | |
| Andrew Pepper | 1869 | 326 | 697 | Diag B | 86 | 27 |
In the News
The Goulburn Herald4 Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (NSW : 1864-1881), Wednesday 3 April 1867, p 3. recorded an 1867 court case described as ‘Blatchford v. Pepper was an action brought by J. H. Blatchford of Araluen, against Hamilton Pepper, to recover £123 17s. 6d., amount of judgment recovered against one Andrew Pepper. The goods of Andrew Pepper were seized, and were to be sold; but Hamilton Pepper stopped the sale by producing a bill of sale which he held over them, to the amount of £400. Mr. W. Roberts, from Sydney, appeared on behalf of Pepper (the defendant); and Mr. Scarvell for plaintiff. The evidence adduced went to show that the bill of sale was a fraudulent one. His Honor gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with costs of suit.’
Hamilton Pepper (1834-1913) held the Publican license for the Nil Desperandum between 1867 and 1869 and Andrew Pepper (1844-1928) held the Publican license for the All Nations Home between 1865 and 1868.
Andrew Pepper – Miner is noted in the 1875–76 Greville’s Official Post Office Directory5Greville’s Official Post Office Directory for 1875–1876 https://www.ihr.com.au/secure/html/greville75.html. Accessed 18 February 2023. (p19) in Araluen.
In 1875, the Evening News reported ‘The Homeward Bound, have struck a fine vein of wash dirt in the direction of May’s paddock, and although the stripping is exceptionally heavy, the dividends are very good. Mr. A. Pepper is now working manager, and his great experience in working ground in Araluen is a guarantee to his partners that their interests are in safe hands.’6Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869-1931), Wednesday 17 November 1875, p 3.
On Monday afternoon December 1879, the five year old daughter of Mr. Andrew Pepper, of Newtown, Araluen, the Armidale Express7Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW: 1856 – 1861; 1863 – 1889; 1891 – 1954), Friday 19 December 1879, p 3. reported that ‘while on her way from school, was knocked down by some horsemen, who were riding at a furious pace, having apparently lost all command over their horses. The poor child’s leg was broken, and, later in the evening her father placed her in a cart and brought her to Braidwood, and arrived there at midnight. Dr. Llewellyn reduced the fracture; the child was very much bruised on her hip, forehead, and other parts of her body.’
In October 1926, the Braidwood Despatch describes a fire consuming “an old shed, the property of Mr. A. Pepper, of Newtown,8Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW : 1888-1954), Friday 29 October 1926, p 2. [that] was burnt to the ground. Shortly after nightfall some adjoining residents noticed smoke issuing through the roof, but before they could reach the scene the building, which contained some farming implements and a quantity of old hay, was completely enveloped in flames. Fanned by a steady north-east breeze, the devouring blaze soon pierced the old shingle roof, leaping 30ft. into the air. At one stage there seemed a possibility of an adjoining untenanted residence sharing a similar fate, but fortunately the breeze did not alter its course, and it escaped. The burnt shed was probably the oldest existing building in the Valley, its history going right back to the very early days well-nigh a century ago, when it did duty as a hotel. It was subsequently used as a Chinese and Assyrian store.’