THE LEASEHOLD OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MOTEL IS FOR SALE DUE TO OWNERS' ILL HEALTH
About The Lismore Wilson Motel
The Wilson Motel is named after the first permanent white settler of the Lismore area, William Wilson (1805 – 1886), a Scottish immigrant, first settled in the Illawarra district in 1833, after arriving in Ballina in 1844, he explored the area for suitable grazing land, eventually settling on Lismore.
William took up the licence for the Lismore station of 35 square miles in 1844, on the eastern side of the Richmond River, now known as the Wilson River, in early 1845, almost a year later the patriarch of Lismore moved his wife Jane and his family of 6 children to their new utopia. Mrs Wilson was reminded of home in far distant Scotland, she named it Lismore after a small island Lismore in Loche Linne near the island of Mull.
They lived in a slab hut until they built what became Lismore House, at the southern end of Molesworth St. In the early 1860’s, they built Monaltrie House, on the road to Wyrallah and they lived there. This house is privately owned and listed by the national trust. William and Jane Wilson and other members of the family were buried in a private cemetery at Monaltrie. There are no living relatives of William Wilson living in the Lismore district. One descendent is known to live in London.