Observer Hotel, The Rocks, Sydney WHEN I drop into the Observer Hotel at Sydney’s Rocks, I like to drink a schooner of beer using my left hand. The gesture is in memory of a left-handed drag-queen who performed in the… Read More ›
The hotels in Wollongong, on the NSW South Coast, went through a major transformation during the 1930s after a massive economic and population expansion with the arrival of the Hoskins Iron and Steel Works at Port Kembla in 1927. The works… Read More ›
Historic Landmark By ‘Gorrick’ The demolition of the old Sans Souci hotel has removed from the St. George district a very old landmark. it was built by Mr. Cooper over one hundred and four years ago, during the regime of… Read More ›
UNLIMITED BOTTLES AT THIS PUB NO QUOTA HERE A Redfern hotel has unlimited supplies of bottled beer, which the licensee, Mr F Benjamin, said he will sell to all comers. Mr. Benjamin on Friday posted outside his hotel notices which… Read More ›
ROYAL HOTEL MAITLAND NSW Mr. Frank Hinchey, the popular manager of Bickerton’s Royal Hotel, opposite the Town Hall, West Maitland intimates by advertisement in this issue that first-class accommodation may be procured there for travellers at a tariff of… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THERE were lessons to be learnt from our road trip to the central tablelands of NSW earlier this month. And one of those lesson? Bush pubs are as diverse as the publicans behind their bars…. Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © FROM a humble innkeeper on the NSW South Coast, with a keen interest in horse racing, to one of Australia’s wealthiest businessmen, the story of George Adams centres firmly on Sydney’s Tattersalls Hotel. Having a punt… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © SYDNEY’S remaining wharfie pubs are far and few between, where brawls were common and thirsts were big. Down on Sussex Street, towards Darling Harbour, can be found a pub from that era, although its ‘blood… Read More ›
A pub filled with history McCONKEY’S Hotel has been a landmark at Bodalla [on the NSW South Coast] for many years, and is overflowing with history. Established in 1875 and owned by The Bodalla (Pastoral) Company until the 1930s… Read More ›
