Although he will be 86 on March 17 Mr. Sagar Whittle is still able to make neat work of a painting job on the Duke of York Hotel, in the city, which he owns. Mr. Whittle said yesterday that he had painted the hotel each year for the past six… Read More ›
Tasmania hotels
Old Hotel Being Demolished
GLOBE HOTEL, at the corner of Antill and Davey streets, Hobart, as it appeared at the beginning of the week. It had been almost demolished by yesterday. A modern hotel is to replace the Globe, one of the oldest licensed houses in Hobart… Read More ›
Tasmania’s Travellers’ Rest traded as a pub for almost a century before becoming the Red Feather Inn
THE Red Feather Inn is a heritage listed building in the main street of the historic Tasmanian township of Hadspen. Hadspen is a town on the South Esk River in the north of Tasmania, near Launceston. The inn, known as… Read More ›
Evidence shows Tasmania’s Bush Inn is not Australia’s oldest continuously licensed pub
By MICK ROBERTS © AS soon as you set your eyes on Tasmania’s Bush Inn you can plainly see it’s a special pub. While the New Norfolk hotel holds an important place in Australian history and claims to be the… Read More ›
Tasmania’s Central Hotel: One of Hobart’s first pubs and a member of Australia’s exclusive ‘200 Club’.
By MICK ROBERTS © HOBART’S Central Hotel has been serving-up hospitality – and plenty of beers – for over 200 years! It can claim membership of the exclusive ‘200 Club’, an Australian pub that has the rare distinction of an… Read More ›