Mayse Young OAM (19 July 1912 – 20 March 2006) was an outback publican and a pioneer of the Northern Territory's hospitality industry.

[1][2] Young was born in North Queensland to parents George and Elizabeth Dowling.

Times were tough and Young did not have a pair of shoes until she was 11 years old and attended school only when there was one available nearby.

[8] During World War II she was evacuated by air on 31 December 1941 to South Australia and she was soon after joined by her husband.

On their return to Pine Creek after the war they found that the pub had been used as a soldiers recreation hall and was stripped and derelict.