The early hotels of Young – Part 5
Continuing with the Hotels of early Young we find that the Royal Hotel which was on the Lynch and Boorowa Streets corner started out as the Limerick Arms, changed to the Prince of Wales then to the Royal and in 1988 was demolished and replaced with a Tavern and Shopping block called the Mill Court.
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The Tavern has recently been closed and converted to a licensed restaurant.
On the Murringo road as you cross Garibaldi Gully on your left you see the badly vandalised Burrangong Hotel.
There are some people still around today who can remember this hotel.
Len Hardy told me that his older brother, Fred, told him how he had his first beer at that pub.
He was working for his father, Fred senior, who had a contract with the council to do work on the Boorowa Road.
It was thirsty work, especially when you were using a team of six draft horses.
Near where the Showground gates are now the Garibaldi Inn was located.
It was the last stopping place before you reached Job, John and Emanuel Fowlers Inn at Wambanumba.
This was in the vicinity of Blackguard Gully, a notorious place for bushrangers.
Turland, who came from Leicestershire to Victoria in 1851 purchased Conners Inn and changed the name to The Queens Arms.
The Coach and Horses Hotel was somewhere on Chance Gully licensed to Mr. Windrum.
The Lucky Diggers Arms was also on Chance Gully and conducted by John Hardwick.
The Globe Hotel run by Mr. Murray was at the west end of Boorowa Street.
Further down the creek was a hotel conducted by Mr. J. McCarthy and also called the Burrangong Hotel.
This hotel is not to be confused with the Hotel of the same name on the Boorowa Road.
J .McCarthy’s brother, T.F. McCarthy, was one of the banner bearers who carried the Roll up banner during the infamous riots against the Chinese.
He souvenired the banner and it was kept by his family for over a hundred years.
The historic banner is now in the possession of the Young Historical Society and is on display at the Young Museum.
The town of Young will be forever grateful for the efforts of Mr. Jack Giuliano in locating the banner and for the Young Services Club giving an interest free loan to purchase the banner.
Jack Giuliano, who was employed by the Young Witness, rang every McCarthy in Sydney until he found the McCarthy with the Roll up banner.
He arranged for McCarthy to bring the banner to Young in November 1961 and display it during the festival.
The Young Witness paid Mr. McCarty’s expenses to bring the banner to Young.
Young’s Roll up Banner is widely accepted as an item of National significance and is held on a comparative level of importance as the Eureka flag of Ballarat.
While we may not support the sentiment or the actions of the people displaying the banner we realise it is of great historical value.
