Currency Lass

Licensees
1864- John Hutchinson

1866-1872 –  Michael Madigan
1868 – John Lynch

Locations
Middle Araluen,¹New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Wednesday 26 August 1868 (No. 208 [SUPPLEMENT], p 2871

Burketown (also known as ‘Bourketown’) Araluen – corner of Orient Street and Victoria Street

Kennedy writes ‘then on Araluen West ²Richard Kennedy.  Braidwood Goldfields. 1850’s-1860’s. Compiled by Roslyn Maddrell. 4^th Reprint. Bayprint, Batemans Bay, NSW.  2010.  p 25 at Bourketown there were Bourke’s, Hogan’s, Madigan’s, Bates’, Jack Darch’s down where the old Court House stood’.

In the News
In an article headed “A peep into the past, compiled from old files dated 1860”, the Braidwood Review noted ³Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1914 – 1954), Tuesday 5 June 1934, page 5 “this week (Feb. 18th, 1860),… hotel advertisements …[for]  The Currency Lass, Jembaicumbene Plains, William Traynor. Proprietor”. ⁴Museum of History New South Wales.  https://mhnsw.au/indexes/publicans-hoteliers-innkeepers/publicans-licenses-index. Accessed 9 October 2023. William TRAYNOR, 17 April 1860, Currency Lass, The, Jembercumbere [Jembaicumbene], District of Braidwood, Licence No 908, NRS 14403 [7/1513]; Reel 1242, The Braidwood Observer ⁵Braidwood Observer and Miner’s Advocate (NSW : 1859 – 1862), Wednesday 18 April 1860, page 2 in April 1860 reporting on the Annual meeting regarding of Publican’s Licenses held at the Court-house, Braidwood, listed “William Traynor. Currency Lass Inn, Jembaicumbene.”

The List of Licensed Publicans in Police District Araluen, dated 1 January 1864, and updated ⁶Accumulated resources and research notes on parishes and churches of the Archdiocese collected by ‘Father Brian Maher’, Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Series CG1021:  Braidwood File 1 / Item 11/1. noted the transfer of license for the Currency Lass, Middle Araluen, from John Hutchinson to Michael Madigan.

Michael Madigan – Innkeeper is noted in the 1872 Greville’s Official Post office Directory ⁷Greville’s Official Post Office Directory, listed on Araluen History in Photo’s Facebook page, posted 2 July 2014, and accessed 9 September 2023  in Burketown. 

In January 1885, the Sydney Morning Herald published the death of MADIGAN—January 4, at his residence, 561, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, Michael Madigan, aged 45 years.⁸Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Tuesday 6 January 1885, p 1

References

• 1
  New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Wednesday 26 August 1868 (No. 208 [SUPPLEMENT], p 2871
• 2
  Richard Kennedy.  Braidwood Goldfields. 1850’s-1860’s. Compiled by Roslyn Maddrell. 4^th Reprint. Bayprint, Batemans Bay, NSW.  2010.  p 25
• 3
  Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1914 – 1954), Tuesday 5 June 1934, page 5
• 4
  Museum of History New South Wales.  https://mhnsw.au/indexes/publicans-hoteliers-innkeepers/publicans-licenses-index. Accessed 9 October 2023. William TRAYNOR, 17 April 1860, Currency Lass, The, Jembercumbere [Jembaicumbene], District of Braidwood, Licence No 908, NRS 14403 [7/1513]; Reel 1242,
• 5
  Braidwood Observer and Miner’s Advocate (NSW : 1859 – 1862), Wednesday 18 April 1860, page 2
• 6
  Accumulated resources and research notes on parishes and churches of the Archdiocese collected by ‘Father Brian Maher’, Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Series CG1021:  Braidwood File 1 / Item 11/1.
• 7
  Greville’s Official Post Office Directory, listed on Araluen History in Photo’s Facebook page, posted 2 July 2014, and accessed 9 September 2023
• 8
  Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Tuesday 6 January 1885, p 1