THE Belmore Hotel, in Sydney’s south-west, began business controversially in 1928. Parramatta publican, Harry Gadd transferred his license of the Park Gate Hotel to the corner of Burwood Road and Tobruk Avenue, Belmore on August 14 1928. The 51-year-old publican… Read More ›
BY John Larkins* IN the good old days when the shearing shed at Tinnenburra was the biggest in the world, Annie Lack’s arms grew tired just opening beer bottles. But the shed is disused, silent now. The shearers have gone… Read More ›
LIKE Melbourne, Sydney too had its gold-rush pubs. The former Bridge Hotel at Forest Lodge, in Sydney’s inner-west, was established in August 1877 by Irishman Tom McInerney. A pioneering member of the Irish National League in Sydney, Tom built an… Read More ›
HOPPY Tom had to drink alone. Oh, his mate had been with him earlier, but suddenly the door of the Warialda pub (NSW) burst open, and in stormed his chum’s wife. A giant of a woman, six axe handles… Read More ›
TUCKED away in a quiet back-street off busy Parramatta Road in the tiny inner-west suburb of Forest Lodge, 4km from the Sydney CBD, can be found an interesting pub, named after the suburb in which it trades. The Forest Lodge… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © UNEXPECTEDLY in a Paddington street trades a rejuvenated relict from Sydney’s past – the Bellevue Hotel. Originally licensed by James Quigley in July 1878 as the Elphin Hotel, the pub is a survivor of a much… Read More ›
WHILE Sydney has plenty of colourful pub stories, there’s one watering hole that traded at the corner of King and George Streets in the CBD for over 80 years that’s hard to pass for notoriety. In fact, the corner pub… Read More ›
HERE’S another blast from Sydney’s past; this time from Redfern. The Bellevue Hotel sat on the north-west corner of Redfern and Regent Streets until last drinks were called on February 1 1972 and the business closed for good. There… Read More ›
THE Emu Inn traded at the north-eastern corner of George and Bathurst streets in Sydney, opposite St Andrews Cathedral for almost 60 years. The inn was demolished in 1886 to make way for what was described as a “handsome block… Read More ›
Frederick William Rose received a new license to open the Belfield Hotel at the corner of Burwood and Punchbowl Roads in Sydney’s inner-west on March 14 1932. When Clive Fairweather was publican in 1950 the pub was losing glasses… Read More ›