THE Windsor Castle Hotel was established by Thomas Chalk Snr on land he secured at the corner of Franklin Street and Victoria square, Adelaide in 1850. Chalk named his pub the Windsor Castle Hotel, for which he obtained a licence… Read More ›
South Australia Hotels
Kicked bung from keg
Two small boys on holidays In Whyalla last week, committed the unforgivable sin of knocking the bung from a barrel of beer at the rear of one of the hotels. The manager said later that he would not have minded if they had broken… Read More ›
Oddities Among Australia’s Outback Inns
By BILL BEATTY DESERTED homesteads in the outback country are by no means uncommon, but a deserted hotel – fully furnished – is a novelty, at least in these days. Yet there is such a hotel near the old mining township… Read More ›
Australia’s first and oldest community hotel
A comprehensive idea of the Renmark Hotel property is given by this striking aerial photograph. On the river frontage opposite the magnificent main block, which stands on the corner of Murray Avenue and Para Street, can be seen the hotel… Read More ›
Vale, a sailors’ pub: Port Hotel, Port Adelaide
PORT Adelaide pubs reflect South Australia’s maritime history in catering to the sailors of trading ships. The earliest recorded was the Port Hotel, which opened in 1838 – two years before the port was officially declared. The first hotel at the… Read More ›