Licensee
1863-1867 – Christopher Jackson1New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Friday 8 September 1865 (No.192 [SUPPLEMENT]), p 2031
Location
Redbank
In the News
An advertisement was placed in the Araluen Star in September 18632Araluen Star and Miners Right (1863-1964), Saturday 5 September 1863, p 1 announcing ‘The Northumberland Arms Hotel would open in a few days at Redbank.’
Dr Frederick Hillman Hornbrook, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, placed an advertisement in the Araluen Star in February 18643Araluen Star and Miners Right (1863-1964), Saturday 20 February 1864, p 1, notifying of his intention to practice from his residence at Mr Jackson’s, Northumberland Inn, Redbank.
An advertisement was placed in the Araluen Star in June 18644Araluen Star and Miners Right, Saturday 4 June 1864, p 1, for the Northumberland Arms Hotel, which offered the best of Ales, Wines, Spirits and Cordials.
In March 1867, the NSW Police Gazette reported ‘Stolen, on the 26th March, from the premises of Christopher Jackson, innkeeper, Araluen,5New South Wales Police Gazette and Weekly Record of Crime (Sydney : 1860-1930), Wednesday 6 March 1867 (No.10), p 77 — A Colonial made bag-leather saddle, with thigh and knee pads and one white girth; also, a plain snaffle bridle.’
John Lorrison was indicted for attempting to stab Christopher Jackson, innkeeper, of Araluen in April 1867. The Court case reported in the Goulburn Herald6Goulburn Herald and Chronicle (NSW : 1864-1881), Wednesday 3 April 1867, p 2, stated that ‘both parties met at the Shamrock Inn, Araluen, where they had some angry words, which continued later at Jackson’s own house.’ Witnesses described the ‘prisoner making a rush at him [Jackson] with an open knife in his hand, swearing that he would drive it further into him than Riley did into Dickson. The prisoner admitted threatening him after he was struck, and said the only motive Jackson had in preferring this charge against him was to prevent him (prisoner) from bringing a charge of assault against him (Jackson), thereby endangering his license. The prisoner was acquitted.’
Mrs Eliza Watson’s reminiscences in 19127Sydney Mail (NSW : 1912-1938), Wednesday 17 July 1912, p 23 that the principal houses were ‘the O’Connell Arms, London Inn, Half way House, Sapling Point Hotel, Criterion Hotel, Rose and Crown, Free Selection Inn, Araluen Arms, Northumberland Arms, Pick and Shovel Inn, Racecourse Hotel, Currency Lad, and Peace and Plenty Inn. Some of these places were conducted by storekeepers, who paid upwards of £30 per ton for the haulage of goods from Moruya and Nelligen. There were some substantial buildings of wood, and brick, but most of the houses were of flimsy construction — of battens and canvas. There were some of the wattle and dab (daub) order’