Bowen River Hotel, Bowen Queensland 1951. The Bowen River Hotel was established in 1873 and was once the change post for the mails from Bowen Downs, Aramac, and Bowes. When this photo was taken in 1951 it was located in… Read More ›
Queensland hotels
The 20-Mile Hotel, Outback Qld
THIS grainy image of the Twenty-Mile Hotel, also known as the Half-Way House, being half-way between Aramac and Barcaldine in outback northern Queensland, was taken in 1911. At the time the pub was owned and hosted by Jack Richardson. Joe Kingston,… Read More ›
Stockmen wrestled cow to the bar floor after it ran havoc at Rockhampton’s Oxford Hotel
THE Queensland city of Rockhampton is known as the beef capital of Australia. So when you’re in that neck of the woods, don’t be surprised to hear a few tales about their prized cattle. Like the time when three stockmen… Read More ›
Free beer marked the opening of Brisbane’s Crown Hotel in 1854
A PUB had sat at the corner of Turbot and George Streets (No. 382) in Brisbane’s CBD for over 140 years when ‘progress’ finally caught-up with what had become known as the Majestic Hotel. The Crown Hotel was first licensed… Read More ›
Queensland 1912 hotel advertisements
WAY before the online services of Trivago and Wotif, there were other means to search for tourist hotels to holiday. Most Australian states had a “hotel and boarding house directory”, a small booklet listing the hotels, their features and prices…. Read More ›
The dry-wit drinkers of Queensland’s Prairie Hotel
LOCATED 340kms south-west of Townsville, in northern Queensland, the Prairie Hotel is a must see with its unique atmosphere, collection of stockman’s hats and other historical memorabilia. Famous for its tale of the wandering ringer – a story of a ghostly prowler… Read More ›
Fuelled by beer, Dajarra Hotel’s famous nudes were painted by a miner with house paint
Dajarra Hotel is a remote outback pub near the Queensland border with the Northern Territory. It’s about 150km south of Mount Isa on the Diamantina Developmental Road. The pub became famous in the 1970s for its busty nudes painted by… Read More ›
His first for the day: Commercial Hotel, Hebel
IN the early 1970s, writer, John Larkins and photographer, Bruce Howard went on a 40,000km pub crawl around Australia, telling their wives, “Don’t wait up!” With Larkins wonderful words, and Howards’ fabulous photos, they chronicled an amazing snap shot of… Read More ›
The Leap Hotel, Mandarana Mountain
IN the early 1970s, writer, John Larkins and photographer, Bruce Howard went on a 40,000km pub crawl around Australia, telling their wives, “Don’t wait up!” With Larkins wonderful words, and Howards’ fabulous photos, they chronicled an amazing snap shot of… Read More ›
Goomeri’s Grand Hotel fire claimed the lives of eight people
THE classic art deco Grand Hotel at Goomeri in Queensland was re-built in 1943 after the original pub was destroyed in a tragic fire that killed the publican and his wife, a barmaid, and five guests on December 23 1939…. Read More ›