Old Dunmore Arms Hotel, corner George and Elizabeth Streets, Brisbane: Between the hotel and the Bank of New South Wales are old buildings, which for years were the business premises of Francis Hicks (familiarly known as “Old” Hicks). The office of Mr…. Read More ›
By MICK ROBERTS © A QUEENSLAND publican who refused accommodation to ‘scab’ labourers, out of fear that his pub would be burnt to the ground, during the height of the great shearers’ strike, was shown no mercy by a magistrate…. Read More ›
Australia’s largest timber pub, The Malanda Hotel. Picture: Mick Roberts Collection Exploring the pubs of the Atherton Tablelands © By MICK ROBERTS THE last leg of our Far North Queensland road trip brought us to the historic pubs of the… Read More ›
The pubs of the Atherton Tablelands By MICK ROBERTS © OVER two and a half hours south of Cooktown, we reach the next destination on our Far North Queensland road trip – the village of Mount Molloy and the National… Read More ›
The frontier pubs of Cooktown By MICK ROBERTS © THERE are not many places to quench the thirst on the three hour journey along the Mulligan Highway to Cooktown, but the quality of the pubs on the 250km trek sure… Read More ›
THE site of the Pine Beach Hotel at Emu Park, near Rockhampton, Queensland, has been home to a hotel since 1871. The first pub in Emu Park, the Brighton opened on the site in 1871, and in 1879 it was… Read More ›
AT its peak in popularity in the early 1900s, Emu Park, a Queensland coastal town on the Capricorn Coast about 20 kilometres south of Yeppoon, had four hotels to service its tourist industry. The Pine Beach Hotel, once home to… Read More ›
The pubs of Port Douglas and Mossman By MICK ROBERTS © WHEN the mill is open, pub business booms in the sugar cane town of Mossman. We spoke with two publicans and a few local drinkers as part of our… Read More ›
The disappearing pubs of Gordonvale By MICK ROBERTS © SITTING at the end of the bar on his usual stool, ‘Pop’ gave me a cautious glance when I walked into the Great Northern Hotel at Gordonvale and started up a… Read More ›