Licensees
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. 4th 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.”
Michael Madigan – Innkeeper is noted in the 1872 Greville’s Official Post office Directory 6Greville’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.7Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Tuesday 6 January 1885, p 1