WHAT WE MAY EXPECT WHEN THE BARMAID IS ABOLISHED. – Queensland Figaro and Punch (Brisbane) Saturday 25 July 1885
Barmaids
Keep Barmaids Young Smart & Cheerful
NSW politician Les Jordan caused a stir in 1954 when he suggested that barmaids should be dressed in black and be over 60. The Country Party (forerunner of today’s National Party) MLA was commenting on one of the provisions of… Read More ›
Bar Classes: learning their craft
One Brisbane hotel is running a bi-weekly class for bar and lounge staff to teach them manners of service and general rules for bar and lounge. This picture shows a group of girls learning how to pour beer under the watchful eye of Miss… Read More ›
Dobell’s barmaids: Just who was the woman who sat for the famous artist?
THOSE who appreciate fine art have likely heard of William Dobell’s oil painting, “Barmaid from Ushers Hotel”. The oil on masonite was painted of a somewhat gaunt looking barmaid at Ushers Hotel, Sydney during World War II. William Dobell (b.1899… Read More ›
City’s Lone Barmaid
FORTY years ago this week, Adelaide stopped registering barmaids. Only one is still on the job in the city – Miss Lily Dear, of the Orient Hotel, Rundle Street. No barmaids were registered after March 31, 1909. A licensee’s wife… Read More ›
Barmaids on strike
WELLINGTON, November 13. An amusing partial strike of barmaids occurred in Nelson [Victoria] hotels yesterday, owing to a manifesto issued by three local brewers promising to prohibit the employment of barmaids in their tied houses as a condition of future leases. The girls were indignant, and… Read More ›
Their barmaid will go to Munich
The Kings Head Hotel was located on the north-west corner of Elizabeth and Parks Streets, Sydney. It ceased trading on August 19 1972, and was demolished and replaced with an office tower. By Jacqueline Smith TO the regulars at… Read More ›
More Bad News
A new clause has been inserted in the Licensing Bill providing for registration of barmaids, with a view to their being gradually eliminated. —News item. Alas! a dismal world is this! The Wowsers run the show; They’ve shut the pubs at… Read More ›
Barmaids never die
WHEN a law was passed in Victoria forbidding the employment of women in hotel bars, it was decided that those already employed could stay on. That was 37 years ago. There were then 3,688 registered barmaids. Recently a new count was taken. There are still 3,688 barmaids… Read More ›
Victoria’s ‘Petticoat Pub’
Regular customers of a hotel in St. Kilda (Victoria) call it ‘Petticoat Pub’ [Gippsland Hotel]. Women comprise the whole staff. Licensee Mrs. O. K. Edgar says that women are quicker and more courteous than men at hotel work. The staff of six includes her… Read More ›