GOOLMA HOTEL

Panoramic view of Goolma Hotel, 1923
Source: Annie Perry

James Ryan & his wife Catherine (daughter of convict William Ryan) built and ran the Goolma hotel after building and establishing their Gulgong hotel. They held the licence from at least 1901 to 1914 when there was an application to pass the licence to Thomas Henry Nairn. In 1917, Mr. H. Nairne sold the license and lease of the Goolma Hotel, to Mr. J. Abbott, of the South Coast. in 1918 it transferred from Joseph Frederick Abbott to Harry Hughes. In 1920 the application for transfer of publican's license for the 'Goolma Hotel from Harry Hughes to John Joseph Ryan was granted.

Source: Paula Speechley and Trove

Goolma Hotel, March 1929

Source:  Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University

Goolma Hotel, July 1937

Source:  Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University

Goolma Hotel, 1938
Source: Helen Cottee

Goolma Hotel, August 1939

Source:  Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University

Goolma Hotel, October 1940

Source:  Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University

Goolma Hotel, 1949

Source:  Noel Butlin Archives, Australian National University

GOOLMA HOTEL - TRANSFERS OF LICENSES, ETC. Outside the Metropolitan Licensing District

• April 6, 1935.
  RYAN, A. B. to Francis J. RYAN—12/2/35.

• November 27, 1937.
  RYAN, F. J. to Mary HOLYER—22/11/37.

• February 19, 1938.
  HOLYER, M. to George S. PRICE—l4/2/38.

• April 22, 1939.
  PRICE, G. S. to Alfred J. BROWN—l3/4/39.

• March 24, 1945.
  BROWN, A. J. to Peter L. ROSS —20/3/45.

• March 23, 1946.
  ROSS, P. L. to Leslie R. Sholl—19/3/46.

• May 10, 1947.
  Sholl, L. R. to Augustine B. AZAR—22/4/47.

• July 3, 1948.
  AZAR, A. B. to John C. HIPWELL —29/6/48.

• January 29, 1949.
  HIPWELL, John Clifford to Peter Kevin CRITTENDEN—25/1/49.

• September 15, 1951
  CRITTENDEN, Peter Kevin to William Thomas BELL—5/9/51.

• December 18, 1953
  BELL, William Thomas to Allan BOWTELL 9/12/53.

Source: Dun's Gazette, various years