EAST MEETS WEST AT HARRY’S By ELGIN REID CHARLEVILLE, Wednesday. — Out here they call it Poppa’s Place or Harry’s place. Its official name, however, is the Hotel Corones. It is named after its proprietor, Harry Corones, one of the… Read More ›
Queensland hotels
Royal George, Fortitude Valley
HISTORIC ROYAL GEORGE HOTEL IN THE VALLEY SOLD AT A RECORD PRICE The Royal George Hotel, which stands at the busy intersection of Ann and Brunswick Streets, Valley, has been sold for what is described by its former owner, Mr…. Read More ›
Queensland goldfield pubs: Moonmera & Baree’s Golden Spur Hotels
Old Land Mark Disappears: The Moonmera Hotel (By Our Mt Morgan Correspondent) THE passing of the Moonmera Hotel, situated at the foot of the Razor-back, due to the surrendering of the license and the sale of the buildings, will remove… Read More ›
Treasure trove found under bar-room floor of Rockhampton’s Palace Hotel
WHEN Rockhampton’s old dilapidated timber pub, ironically known as the Palace, was replaced in 1888 with a building better befitting its sign, there were 60 hotels within five miles, and another 25 within a half a mile radius of where… Read More ›
Evolution of a Brisbane pub: The Shamrock Hotel, Fortitude Valley
Netherworld in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley was formerly the Shamrock Hotel and later the Step Inn, having undergone several name changes before becoming the arcade, bar, and diner venue that opened in its current form in January 2017. The quirky venue has… Read More ›
Serves ’em up fast, does Mollie…
Mollie Hanley, 19-year-old champion Townsville barmaid, pouring beer at the record rate of 18 glasses in 20 seconds. Townsville drinkers nominate her to beat any girl for speedy beer serving. – Wellington Times Monday 17 January 1944
Charters Towers’ pubs
COLLINS’ EXCHANGE HOTEL. One of the institutions of Charters Towers is “Collins’,” perhaps the most widely-known of all North Queensland Hotels. The proprietors, Messrs. E. Collins and E. Tubbs, were mates in New South Wales and on Gympie, and… Read More ›
Shilling glass deposit at Townsville pub
One Shilling deposit is demanded on these glasses being handed to beer drinkers in a Townsville hotel. No beer is served until all glasses are issued. If glass is chipped or broken drinker forfeits the shilling. – The Sydney Sun Friday 24 December 1943.
Mt Isa celebrated Christmas nine months late, after 1930 beer strike
BOIL OVER Unable to Beer It Mount ISA, Saturday, The 12-months-old beer strike is over, but beer is still one shilling a pot, which means that for 12 dusty, dreary months Mount Isa has thirsted in vain. But today Mount… Read More ›
War time glass deposit
One Shilling deposit is demanded on these glasses being handed to beer drinkers in a Townsville hotel. No beer is served until all glasses are issued. If glass is chipped or broken drinker forfeits the shilling. – The Sun (Sydney, NSW)… Read More ›