Charles Hughes
was innkeeper at the Woolpack Inn between 1844 and
1849.
Hunter Valley Inns were often
the venue for public meetings. In 1845 William Bowen
had offered an acre of land to be conveyed free of
expense to the Lord Bishop of Australia for the
purpose of building a church. A meeting was held at
the Woolpack Inn on 26th of September to appoint a
Committee of Management.
Those attending the meeting
included: Mr. Lloyd,
Helenus Scott,
,John William Penn Blick
Charles Ferdinand Hamilton Smith,
Mr. Roberts,
Mr. Thornton,
Henry Kesteron,
William Bowen,
Robert Barrington Dawson and
Joseph B. Holmes
