This is the earliest details of the Woodhouse family that have been found. It appears that Mr Woodhouse was running the Woodhouse Hotel in Woodhouse Gully, Queensbury. The building was made of pug. There was also another hotel in Queensbury, which may have been one too many. Around this time the Woodhouse family moved from Queensbury to Roxburgh. They closed down their hotel and stripped out the pug building of the joinery. They even took the iron off the roof. They may have planned to rebuild the hotel or a house in Roxburgh. At present the author has no information about the Woodhouse family during their time in Roxburgh.

It appears that the Woodhouse family moved to Bannockburn around 1889.The school records show that the two oldest children started school on the same day. Their previous school is recorded as Roxburgh. It is not known where the Woodhouse family lived in Bannockburn at this time.

Frank Woodhouse purchased the Carrick Range Hotel from the family of the late Charles Peake.

On July 7, at the Carrick Range Hotel, Mary Woodhouse, aged 21 years was married to Joseph John Burrows, aged 25 a coal miner of Bannockburn. The officiating minister was the Rev. George P Hunter. The witnesses were Henry Burrows, a Bannockburn miner, and Margaret Johnston, a domestic servant of Bannockburn.

Doctor Dutton was a medical doctor who had a practice in Arrowtown but visited Bannockburn and held clinics at the Carrick Range Hotel. (see general information Folder #3, section 25 [medical notes] for details).

On November 23, Mr Henry Francis Ellis Woodhouse died at the age of 60 years. He is buried in the Cromwell cemetery

On Feb 22, Robert Woodhouse was accidentally killed. He is buried in the Cromwell cemetery with his father.

Henry Woodhouse purchased the Carrick Range Hotel from the family of the late Charles Peake.

On August 1, Thomas Ellis took up the lease of the Carrick Range Hotel from Mrs Woodhouse. The lease was for a term of 3 years at a cost of £52 (fifty two pound) per year.

The following list of chattels is taken from the lease agreement between Elizabeth Woodhouse and Thomas Ellis dated 1 August 1897. The hotel consisted of eleven bedrooms, bar, parlour and dining room. Chattels : Bedroom: - candle stick and holder - wash stand - mirror - kapok mattress - iron bedstead - 2 pair of blankets - 2 pair of sheets - 2 flock pillows - white quilt - 6 piece toilet set - comb and brush - dressing table - lamp with shade. Bar / Parlour: - 1 form - 2 wooden chairs - 3 cane chairs - 1 couch - 1 cushion - lamp with shade - bell - glasses - coal scuttle - fly catcher - hearth rug - stove and chimney - 2 spittoons Dining Room: - 26 piece dinner set - 26 piece cutlery set - 3 pieces of coconut matting - lamp and shade - dining tables and chairs - 2 flat irons - slop bucket