'John P. Wilkie took over the license for the St. Aubin's Arms from George Chivers in 1842 and re-named it the White Swan Inn.

John Wilkie had operated a store in Murrurundi previous to this.  Wilkie's wife Grace Marshall Wilkie died on Friday 29th September 1843, 10 days after giving birth to a son and was buried in St. Luke's church yard. The Inn was then advertised for lease, however Wilkie held the license until 1844 when he became a victim of the financial crises. 

There was a comfortable bar and taproom, four parlours and eight bedrooms, an excellent and well finished kitchen, good storerooms, servants' rooms; stabling for 14 horses, fowl and duck houses and yards, sheds, six roomy stockyards, a most excellent well of water and paddock of 80 acres.(56) The White Swan was described as a first rate country Inn. The house and offices were considered spacious and it was thought that the business of Wine and Spirit Merchant could be combined with that of hotel keeper. (33)

(56) MM 8 April 1843