Notes for Charles
Mylecharane
Charles and Mary has a
user reference number of 1874 1829.
Extract from Pioneer Register Dubbo & West Region of New South Wales
Vol.1
Source AJ & ED
Lake, President Ave, Gymea 2227.
Charles Mylecharane followed his father's interest in farming and in
hotels, ably assisted by his wife Mary. Mary's
parent's Hugh and Christina Campbell nee McLean, arrived on the
"Brilliant" from Scotland and became pioneers of Brundah and Hartley. Mary and Charles resided at Belarbigall whilst many of the
family settled around Bathurst. Two
years after Charles death Mary married James Cogdon.
Hotel licenses held by Charles Mylecharane 1865-Wellington Inn, 12-14
Raymond Street-closed 1866.
From Lake Family History by Kath Johnson (nee Lake) 1989.
It appears Charles adopted more or less the undertakings of his father as
a means of earning a living, the keeping of Inns in various localities in New
South Wales.
One such Inn situated at the junction of the Pinnacle Road with the main
Grenfell-Forbes Road was known as "Nags Head Inn."
How it acquired this name has not been established, however, one story
passed down to later generations gives the origin of the name as being that the
publican's wife had a head like a horse, and was forever nagging.