The Early Hotels of Young (3)
Continuing with the hotels of Young another of the early hotels was the Commercial, which was under construction in February 1861 by Goddard and Mathieson and a licence was granted on March 5,1861 to Francis Goddard.
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It is still on the corner of Boorowa and Main today, but much altered.
The Commercial was advertised as one of the best hotels in the district and Goddard did well.
Goddard sold out to Pierce Joseph Butler, who had been a successful gold digger.
His wife was the licence holder of the Bathurst Inn down at Chance Gully.
Butler sold his licence to Victor Frank of the Criterion who enlarged the hotel by adding bedrooms and a dance floor.
Victor Frank sold out to Tom Hayes of the Sydney Hotel at Spring Creek.
Goddard moved on to Forbes and then Orange, where he had the Traveller’s Rest Hotel on the Bathurst Road.
After 1871 he had the Exchange Hotel on the corner of Anson and Summer Streets, Orange.
This hotel has been demolished and a Bank of NSW built in it’s place and more recently a modern Westpac Bank. Goddard died in 1881 and is buried in the Orange cemetery.
Originally known as the Shamrock Inn the Australian Hotel in Boorowa Street began as a accommodation house in 1861 and was owned by a Mrs. Darcy. Daniel McKay was the licensee in late 1861. The Exhibition Gold Claim was situated on Burrangong Creek at it’s rear and nearby was Clarke’s Medical Hall and Watson Brothers first slab and bark store.
William Herbert was the licensee in 1866, transferring it to Anastasia Herbert in 1868 who changed the name to the Shamrock Hotel. She transferred the license to William Rodgers who changed the name to the Australian Hotel in 1879 as there was a hotel in Wombat Street called the Shamrock Hotel. Carlo Marina was the licensee from 1884.
Dr . Charles Temple on his usual rounds visited the Goal on Camp Hill on 11th May 1878 in his capacity as Medical Officer. He was crossing the creek near the Shamrock Hotel on his return to town when he took a giddy turn.
As he was ascending the steep bank on the town side and fell into the water race face down. Dr . Temple drowned in three inches of water. He was buried with Masonic Honours and with a large crowd attending demonstrating the great esteem in which he was held.
In Lynch Street on the right before you cross the Wombat Street bridge is the Young Hotel.
It was situated between the old Presbyterian Church and the Oddfellows Hall. Being next to the Oddfellows Hall it was called the Oddfellows Arms. W.G. Vickers built the Inn from proceeds of a successful mining career and from the sale of water from a well he had on land where the present day Presbyterian Church is.
The old Presbyterian Church has since been demolished and replaced by the Park View Chinese restaurant and the Oddfellows Hall was also demolished and incorporated into the Young Hotel.