John Graham Halliday
Location #222. Shepherds Creek Hotel.
Group Number 1

Group Members

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No Last Name First Names Maiden Name Relationship Occupation Born Died School Year
1 Halliday John Graham Husband Miner, station hand, hotelier etc
2 Halliday Augusta Selina Henrietta Jelly Wife
3 Halliday Sarah Child 7 Oct 1863 1872
4 Halliday John Jelly Child 1864
5 Halliday Ella Child 20 Sep 1865
6 Halliday Jane Child 1871

Notes

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Note Date Short Description Note Text
2490 General note.

The exact location of the Shepherds Creek Hotel is unknown. It may also have included the store (location #326). The hotel was gone by 1886 according to Stones directory.

2491 1862 John Halliday had been at Muttontown Gully.

John Halliday had been at Muttontown Gully, near Clyde. It is not known if he was working there as a miner or as a storekeeper.

2492 1863 Later movements of John Halliday

Around 1863 Mr Halliday moved to Fox's near Arrowtown. It is not known what occupation he worked in. Later he worked at Criffel on Mt Pisa, possibly as a station hand. He then moved to the Kawarau Station.

2493 1865 John Halliday opens his store at Shepherds Creek.

About this time John Halliday started his store and butchery in Shepherds Creek (location #326). (1866 electoral roll records J Halliday - Shepherds Creek - Wood & Iron store )

2494 1865 John Halliday opens his hotel.

Around this time John Haliday started his Hotel in Shepherds Creek (location #222). This may have been built next to or onto the store.

2495 1869 Advert from the Cromwell Argus.

On 10 Nov, the Cromwell Argus advertised : " Shepherds Creek Hotel and Store, Bannockburn, on the main road to the Nevis, 4 miles from Cromwell. J Halliday, Proprietor. An experienced baker kept on the premises. Wine, spirits and malt liquors of the best quality. Ginger beer and cordial manufacturers " also " For sale : Eight splendid boar pigs, one month old. Suitable for breeding purposes. Apply to John Halliday, Bannockburn. "

2496 1871 Public meeting held at the hotel.

On 12 July 1871, a public meeting was held at the Shepherds Creek Hotel to call for support for the establishment of a public school. The meeting was attended by forty local residents, and a committee was elected to lobby the education board to either set up a public school, or to subsidize the committee to run a school.


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Image Id Source Date Short Description
862 Paul Crump - Bannockburn c1892 Mrs Jane Stiven & Mrs Augusta Halliday View Image