Lamb Inn

Licensees
1864-1870 – Michael Downey
1871-1875 – John Woodward

Michael Downey, Land Por 331 - Lamb Inn Newtown. 1967
Michael Downey, Land Portion 331 – Lamb Inn Newtown. 1967

Location
Newtown.  Historical Maps1NSW Land Registry Service, Parish and Historical Maps. Historical Land Records Viewer https://www.nswlrs.com.au/Parish-and-Historical-Maps. Accessed 17 February 2023 show the land purchased by Michael Downey was Portion 331 in Newtown.

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In the News

1867 Publican Licenses - A-G
1867 Publican Licenses A-G

A Coroner’s Inquest2Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (NSW : 1864-1881), Wednesday 25 December 1867, p 2 was held at Araluen on December 1867, at Mr Michael Downey’s, Lamb Inn, before Dr Pattison, Coroner, and a jury of 5, regarding the death of a miner named Aaron Anson.  The jury brought in a verdict that ‘the deceased met with his death accidentally from being crushed by a horse and dray falling upon him‘.

Michael Downey is listed as the publican of the Lamb Inn in Araluen in 1867.3New South Wales Government Gazette (NSW GG.)(Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Tuesday 13 August 1867 (No.136 [SUPPLEMENT]), pp 1893–1895

John Woodward – Innkeeper is listed in the 1875–76 Greville’s Official Post Office Directory4Greville’s Official Post Office Directory for 1875–1876 https://www.ihr.com.au/secure/html/greville75.html Accessed 18 February 2023, p 18 in Araluen

References

  • 1
    NSW Land Registry Service, Parish and Historical Maps. Historical Land Records Viewer https://www.nswlrs.com.au/Parish-and-Historical-Maps. Accessed 17 February 2023
  • 2
    Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (NSW : 1864-1881), Wednesday 25 December 1867, p 2
  • 3
    New South Wales Government Gazette (NSW GG.)(Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Tuesday 13 August 1867 (No.136 [SUPPLEMENT]), pp 1893–1895
  • 4
    Greville’s Official Post Office Directory for 1875–1876 https://www.ihr.com.au/secure/html/greville75.html Accessed 18 February 2023, p 18