| James Hackett relocated his business to South Creek and immediately built himself a house on one of his parcels of land adjacent to the bridge which carried the Great Western Road across South Creek. He quickly added an extension to his 6-room house, bringing the total to 9 rooms and opened the Woolpack Inn. By 1852 his noted occupation and residence was “Innkeeper of St Marys” and by 1857 he was known as a “licensed publican”. The site of Hackett’s house had advantages for an inn; it was located in a prominent position, immediately adjacent to a key bridge and along the alignment of a major transport route into the area. In July 1860 much of the village of South Creek and the surrounding area was under water and the bridge near the Woolpack Inn was swept away. Although the bridge was rebuilt, it was again swept away by flood waters in November, diverting traffic to a bridge three miles up the road. Another flood in 1867 damaged another replacement bridge. Hackett had ceased to operate the Inn by that time but continued to live at the property. Was finally acquired by the New South Wales Planning and Environment Commission (DUAP) in 1980 as part of the South Creek Special Uses and Open Space Corridor. |
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