JOE THE RABBIT, owned by Sandy Mills, a Lockleys gardener, is a regular visitor and occasional drinker at the Mile End Hotel, Hilton [South Australia]. Joe is well known to the customers and today he perched on Les Smart’s shoulders while he was having a drink. Joe… Read More ›
PUBS often featured in the pages of newspapers, revealing a fascinating glimpse into the workings and culture of Australian communities and in particular working class men and women. Here are a selection: FOR 44 years she has served beer. In… Read More ›
OFTEN A thankless job, involving mundane tasks, yardmen were – and still are in many bush and regional pubs – an indispensable cog in the works of a successfully operating hotel. Usually knock-about blokes employed to do odd-jobs around the… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›