Much more information about the North Pole Hotel can be found in Angela Evans' KEILOR PIONEERS: DEAD MEN DO TELL TALES. There may be more in:
Steele Creek and the lady of the lake : the early history of Niddrie ...
catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6326881

Braybrook road (Buckley St West) from Essendon and North Pole (Milleara) road both gained their original names because they led to the original (1836)Solomons Ford (south of Rhonda St in Avondale Heights) in Braybrook Township, and the later Solomons Ford at the end of North Rd. All professional historians responsible for stating that Clancy's ford at Melway
27 B8 was Solomons Ford should hang their heads in shame.

So far, for years, I've been USING James Laverty as a search term for the early history of that part of the parish of Doutta Galla near Spring Gully, east of Keilor, and completely ignored his genealogy. The following was prompted by a feeling of guilt for doing so. I have found no evidence of a marriage or children.

IN the SUPREME COURT of tho COLONY of
VICTORIA: Insolvency Jurisdiction. - In the
Matter of the Insolvency of JAMES LAVERTY.
Take notice, that I intend, on Monday, the twelfth day
of November, A.D. 1860, at the hour of eleven o'clock
forenoon, to apply to the Chief Commissioner of In-
solvent Estates for the colony of Victoria, at the
Insolvent Court House, La Trobe-street, in the city of
Molboume, for a CERTIFICATE of DISCHARGE
from my debts, according to law.
Dated this ninth day of October, A.D. 1860.
JAMES LAVERTY, by Robert H. M'Farland, his
attorney, 85 Chancery-lane. (P.3, Argus, 10-10-1860.)

LAVERTY.-On the 18th inst., at the Benevolent
Asylum, Mr. Bennison Laverty, father of Mr.
James Laverty, late of the North Pole, Keilor, aged
104 years. New Zealand papers please copy.
(P.4, The Argus, 20-3-1863.)

OUTRAGE.-A brutal outrage, which it is
feared will terminate fatally, was committed
on Monday evening, at the Argyle Hotel,
North Melbourne, by a man named Camp-
bell Gray, holding, we regret to say, the
position of sergeant-major of the Carlton
Company of Rifle Volunteers. It appears
that Gray was drinking in the parlor of the
Argyle Hotel, in company with a man
named James Laverty, a publican-pro-
prietor of the North Pole Hotel, on the
Keilor road. A dispute arose between them
with reference to some trivial matter, during
which blows were exchanged. The landlord
of the hotel said that he would have no
fighting in his house, and put Gray out
into the street. The latter picked up a large
brick and re-entered the house, and without
saying a word deliberately threw the brick
with all his force at Laverty's head, who
was knocked down by the force of the blow
and so severely injured as to render it ne-
cessary to call in medical assistance. Dr
Hunter was soon in attendance. He pro-
nounced the case to be one of great danger,
stating that in his opinion erysipelas was
very likely to supervene, in which case cer-
tain death would be the result. Later in
the evening Laverty was removed to the
Melbourne Hospital, where he now lies in a
very precarious state. The accused, Gray,
will be brought before the City Bench of
magistrates this morning for examination.
Age. (P.1, The Star, Ballarat, 16-10-1861.)

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday on
the body of John Currie, aged fifty-five, who
died in the Melbourne Hospital on Monday last.
Mr. Edwin M. James, a resident surgeon of the
hospital, proved that deceased was admitted
there on the morning of the 16th inst., at eleven
o'clock, suffering from a severe laceration of the
left arm close to elbow joint. He was at
once placed under treatment, and the case went
on favourably until Friday last, when mortifica-
tion set in, and he sank and died on Monday.
Deceased told witness the occurrence was acci-
dental, and that his horse had taken fright at
some camels. The cause of death was the in-
jury described. Mr. Edward Cahill identified the
body of deceased as being that of John Currie, a
farmer near Keilor : he has left a wife and one child.
Mr. James Laverty, a farmer living near Keilor,
proved that on the morning of the 16th inst. at
about seven o'clock, he was standing at the
North Pole Public-house, on the Keilor road,
and saw deceased driving a horse-dray with a
load of hay along the road. Saw the horse shy
and run away. Deceased, in endeavouring to
stop the horse, was jammed between the cart
and witness's fence. His arm was severely in-
jured. The horse was frightened by some camels
that were grazing in witness's paddock close to
the road. Knew the horse, and that he was a
quiet animal. Verdict, "Died from the effects
of an injury accidentally caused by his horse
being frightened on the Keilor-road by some
camels." (P.4, Argus, 25-9-1862.)
John Currie had bought several land co-op. blocks on John Pascoe Fawkner's crown allotment 11B, parish of Doutta Galla, between North Pole (Milleara) Road and Rachelle Road, in today's East Keilor.

At the risk of repeating an advertisement already in the journal, I include this here because James Laverty's departure for New Zealand seems to have been designed to follow the imminent death of his father (of which I'd previously been unaware) shortly after this clearing sale.

THIS DAY.
Sale of
Household Furniture and Farming Stock.
At the
North Pole Hotel, Near Keilor.
ROW, KIRK, and Co. have received instructions
from Mr. James Laverty, who is leaving for
New Zealand, to SELL by AUCTION, at the North
Pole Hotel, on Saturday, 14th lnst.,
6 saddle and harness horses
6 bullocks, dray, and tackle
4 cows, in full milk
4 springers
Ploughs, harrows, drays, &c.
Also
A quantity of household furniture
Pigs and poultry.
Sale at one o'clock.(P.3, Argus, 14-2-1863.)

DEATH RECORD OF JAMES LAVERTY'S FATHER.
EventDeath Event registration number2201 Registration year1863
Personal information
Family nameLAVERTY Given namesBenson SexUnknown Father's nameJoseph Mother's nameBetty (Unknown) Place of birthARMA Place of death Age103

The place of birth was probably County Armagh, Northern Ireland.