Brisbane hotels

It’s shabby but they love it: Brisbane’s Queen’s Hotel

By Mick Roberts on December 24, 2014 • ( 4 )

The Queen’s Hotel traded at the corner of Charlotte and Creek Streets, Brisbane from 1865 to the late 1970s. The pub was established by a well-known ‘blackbirder’, Henry Lynde. On the eve of the historic’ pub’s demolition, The Brisbane Sunday… Read More ›

When the beer drought ended: They rushed this hotel

By Mick Roberts on November 15, 2014 • ( 0 )

Beer rationing during the war years – and for some years after – caused a frenzied rush to the bar when publicans announced that they had secured a supply of the amber nectar. For more on beer shortages visit the Time… Read More ›

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