Charles Nyghyah

Charles Nyghyah was a hawker at Angledool in 1894. He is mentioned in the Angledool court ledger in 1899 as paying a fee to the court, and in 1902 was issued a tobacco license by the same court. He was a storekeeper in Cumborah in 1910 and had a bakery at the New Town in the same year. Nyghyah is believed to be of Indian descent.

In 1915, Tom Urwin built a grocery store for Charles, but then bought it back from him after having some success with opal.

Charles Nyghyah passed away in 1914.

Charles Nyghyah’s signature sourced from a petition to resist the relocation of residents from Old Town and The Flat to the surveyed town, 1912.

Charles Nyghyah @ Find a Grave.

Article: Research by Leisa Carney, edited by Russell Gawthorpe. LRHS research compiled by Len Cram and Barbara Moritz. Sources: Angledool court of petty sessions ledger, 1899-1903, UNE Armidale, p. 12; Walgett Spectator, 15 April 1910, 26 March 1914, 27 April 1916; Lightning Flash Newspaper, 2 May 1974; Lightning Ridge - The Home of the Black Opal: Unique to the World, Gan Bruce, 1983, p. 72,