ACTU president Albert Monk joins the Soviet and Chinese delegates in a good old Australian custom — breasting the bar to enjoy a few middies of Melbourne’s famous beer. – Sydney Tribune July 11 1956 Advertisements
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Melbourne Hotels
Flinders Street Angel Retires
By Malcolm Salmon MRS Gladys Ramsay retired on February 24 after 32 years behind the bar at the Great Britain Hotel at the waterfront end of Flinders Street, Melbourne. And a crowd of her wharfie regulars (above) turned up to… Read More ›
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Pluto arrives in Melbourne
THEY LOOK EXTRA GOOD These pots have an extra good look about them, but don’t be hopeful. Picture shows a new beer servicing device known as “Pluto” in use in a Melbourne hotel. It consists of six feet of transparent… Read More ›
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The Pub Counter Lunch
REVIVAL OF AN OLD CUSTOM
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Apollo Inn, Melbourne
LAST OF MELBOURNE ‘S OLDEST HOTEL Wreckers demolishing the Apollo Inn, at the corner of Russell street and Flinders lane — Melbourne’s most ancient hostelry. It was here that [John] Batman, the founder of Melbourne, used to take his glass. – Weekly Times… Read More ›
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The 1952 Victorian Beer Strike
This barrel broke the drought TO the relief of publicans and drinkers a 34-day-beer strike by workers at the Carlton and United Brewery ended at 3pm on December 2 1952 – just in time for Christmas. Hotels all over Melbourne… Read More ›
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In praise of the pub
By Ken Schapel he charm of the Australian pub — distinguished from the hotel — lies in its simplicity. No criticism can divest it of that. The pub belongs to the country, the hotel to the city and bigger provincial… Read More ›
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Sydney’s Chloe & the Sussex Hotel
By MICK ROBERTS © THE rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney is legendary. While Melbourne is often regarded as the fashion, arts, and cultural capital of Australia, Sydney may be called the finance and media capital – more a party town, I suppose. This can… Read More ›
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Melbourne inns that have gone
By ERNEST McCAUGHAN TO ANYONE ACQUAINTED WITH MELBOURNE in the last century nothing is more striking than the disappearance of many popular city hotels. Few today recall their whereabouts, much less their hosts, though some were personalities. The Union Club,… Read More ›
