AT midnight last night. Les Mazlan, a boarder at the Hermit Park Hotel, [Townsville Queensland] walked off the top balcony of the hotel and was found lying on the footpath clad in pyjamas. Mazlan, who told Ambulance bearers that he often walked in his sleep, suffered concussion, abrasions to… Read More ›
DURING the latter part of the 1940s, and early 1950s a popular article appeared on the front page of the Brisbane Telegraph by the name of “Old Bill’s Column”. In nearly every issue there was a reference to a pub… Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © LEGEND has it that the skull of murdered far north Queensland farmer, William Thomson was buried somewhere in the backyard of Mossman’s Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel closed for business in 2007, and the historic building… Read More ›
MOUNT Molloy is a historic mining and timber town lying 55 kilometres north of Cairns. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba. At the 2011 census, the town and surrounding area had a population of 273…. Read More ›
This is Mr. ‘Toby’ Sanderson, 15 stone, 12 pound (Just over 100kg), Newcastle bowler, now in Brisbane — with ‘Toby’ his personal beer glass. The nine inch high (22cm) glass holds 26 ounces (738.7396ml), and makes the drinking of a bottle of beer a… Read More ›
JOHN Brosnan, mine host of the Union Hotel, Petries Bight, is a native of Kerry, the “rule” place for pretty women and high class cattle. He served his apprenticeship with the famous firm of P. Stokes & bons, and shortly afterwards sailed for Queenslsand—… Read More ›
JOHN Greaves, the genial boniface of the British Empire Hotel, is a son of Erin, Born in Limerick, with his brother he left the land of the Shamrock in 1865 in the ship Sunda for Mornton Bay. Their first occupation was on a sheep… Read More ›
JOHN ALLMAN John Allman, the popular licensee of the Victoria Bridge Hotel is a son of one of Queensland’s foremost sports, Jerry Allman of Warwick. He was born at Stanthorpe (Q). On leaving school he started business in the storekeeping line. Tea and… Read More ›
MARTIN MORAN IF there is one hotelkeeper in Brisbane who is well known and esteemed it is Martin Moran, mine host of the Prince Consort Hotel, in the Valley. Mr. Moran was born in County Sligo, Ireland, and when nine years of age went to… Read More ›
JIM STRACHAN. Jim Strachan, the now licensee of the Normanby Hotel, Red Hill, is of Scotch birth, but came to Queensland when very young. He has followed mining nearly all his life, and is well-known in Charters Towers, where since 1892 he has been… Read More ›