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Lysaght’s inn, Fairy Meadow, the Illawarra’s first licensed pub north of Wollongong. This picture was taken shortly before its demolition to make was for Wollongong High School in the 1960s.
By MICK ROBERTS ©
WELL over six feet tall and solidly built, Andrew Lysaght was an imposing and influential Illawarra pioneer.
A magistrate, who resigned after a NSW Parliamentary inquiry found he called the Wollongong Police Sergeant an “old woman”, he wasn’t afraid to speak his mind – especially to the establishment.
Lysaght was granted 60 acres, where he built the Illawarra’s first pub north of Wollongong – The Fairy Meadow Hotel in 1856.
The pioneering publican hosted the inn, on the present southern corner of Lysaght Street and the Prince’s Highway, for 13 years before becoming a Wollongong magistrate in 1870.
Senior Sergeant Sheriden brought charges against Lysaght for influencing the outcome of a court case and slandering his name…
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