Licensees
1862 – William Sewell
1864-1868 – John D’arch1New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Friday 8 September 1865 (No.192 [SUPPLEMENT]), p 2031.
Location
Burketown (also known as ‘Bourketown’).
The Braidwood Observer2Braidwood Observer and Miner’s Advocate (NSW : 1859 – 1862), Wednesday 26 February 1862, page 2reporting in February 1862 on ‘Mining Matters’ noted ‘Building operations however seem to be going on with renewed activity, more especially on the Plains, and on the ground on the opposite side of the Creek, known under the designation of London Town.’
Kennedy reported ‘Then on Araluen West at Burketown there was … Jack Darch’s down near where the old courthouse stood.’3Kennedy, THE BRAIDWOOD GOLDFIELDS IN THE 50’S AND 60’S, Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW: 1888-1954), Friday 3 July 1942, p 3.
In the News
William Sewell placed an advertisement dated 30 January 1862 in the Braidwood Observer 4Braidwood Observer and Miner’s Advocate (NSW: 1859 – 1862), Saturday 8 March 1862, page 4 to inform that he has obtained a Publican’s License for the Golden Point Hotel, London Town, Araluen. (See Above)
William then placed an advertisement in the Braidwood Observer 5Braidwood Observer and Miner’s Advocate (NSW: 1859 – 1862), Saturday 1 November 1862, page 3 dated 27 October 1862, to advise ‘A chance to be sold cheap, The Golden Point Hotel, London Town…[as he is ] finding his time must be devoted to his claim.’
John D’arch then placed a ‘Public Notice’ dated 24 November 1862 in the Braidwood Observer [Braidwood Observer and Miner’s Advocate (NSW: 1859 – 1862), Saturday 29 November 1862, page 3] to ‘caution the Public not to purchase … The Golden Point Hotel, Araluen as he holds a Mortgage bond on … the estate.’
The Empire reported in February 1865 of two melancholy incidents, including the ‘fatal accident befalling Mr. Kenneth McKenzie, manager the Scotch Claim on the Araluen Plains‘ … and ‘a barmaid of Mr. D’Arcy’s [D’arch], of the Golden Point Hotel‘, who was thrown from her horse, and killed. Two such accidents within forty-eight hours, and in the same locality have caused a melancholy sensation in the Valley.6Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850-1875), Tuesday 7 February 1865, p 3.
In 1868, the NSW Police Gazette reported that ‘John D’arch, Araluen, summoned by Constable Ryan for selling spirits without a license, has been fined £80. Fine paid‘7New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860-1930), Wednesday 19 February 1868 (No.8), p 58.