George Furber had held a publican's licence for the Crown Inn at Patterson's Plains from November 1832. From June 1835 he held the licence for the Golden Fleece Inn situated near the Court House in East Maitland.
George and Mary Ann Furber's young son George William died in October 1836 aged 2 months and Mary Ann Furber died in April 1837 aged 26. George Furber took out a licence for his newly built Inn the George and Dragon in July 1837. He married Hanorah Curtain in 1837. He held the licence until 1839
Later George and Hanorah Furber moved to the Mary River district in Queensland to erect a store. Hanorah died there in 1850 and in 1855 George was attacked by natives and died after receiving blows to the head with an axe and a waddy. His son-in-law Joseph Welmshurst was also murdered.
John Henderson / Anderson
The premises of the George and Dragon were offered for sale in April 1841. At that time they were leased to John Henderson at £140 per annum and were described as a brick built, nine room establishment. There was a cellar, 60 ft. stable, gig house and large shed.
William Green
Coachbuilder William Benjamin Johnston Green was publican at the George and Dragon Hotel in 1842[1]. Although he was in financial difficulty in 1843, he remained publican until at least 1848.
William Burgess
William Burgess was issued a licence in the years 1854 to 1857
John Bellamy
John Bellamy was issued a licence in 1857
James Woodham
James Woodham held the licence in 1858
Michael Rohan
Michael Rohan was publican at the George and Dragon in the 1890's.
John Robert Banks
John Robert Banks held the licence in 1915
Notes and Links
1). In February 1890 Edmund Barton the future Prime Minister of Australia dined at the George and Dragon while on a tour of Maitland. [5]