THE THIRSTY GOLDFIELDS: The Oroya Palace Hotel at Sandstone in 1912. The proprietor, John McManaway, was an old Murchison identity. He is shown in the photograph standing on the curbing. – Western Mail (Perth WA) Thursday 17 June 1937.
Western Australia hotels
Hannans’ Brewery, Kalgoorlie
The well-known Hannans’ Brewery has always had a reputation for producing a brew of undoubted quality, and ample evidence of the appreciation of the public is afforded in the amount of beer which is consumed daily. A visit to the… Read More ›
The North Perth Hotel
Christmas Beer Lost! Fifteen dozen of beer were smashed beyond all recovery in the backyard of the North Perth Hotel today, but an S.O.S. soon made good the loss in stock. A malevolent ‘dry’ well did the damage. The accident… Read More ›
Ye Olde Narrogin Inn, Armadale
PERTH, Tuesday: A hotel useful reached for a switch to start an electric pump in a flooded cellar today and fell dead. He was Sydney George McGrath, 42, of Ye Olde Narrogin Inn, Armadale (WA). Licensee William Gaynor told police he… Read More ›
Federal Hotel, Fremantle
The Federal’s violent past revealed FREMANTLE’S Federal Hotel was the scene of a gruesome double murder in 1927, when Lillian Martin and her three-year-old son Daniel were found dead in an upstairs bedroom of the building. The Federal Hotel was… Read More ›
Yanks singing in the bar
When Police Constable Pinner visited the Mundijong Hotel (Western Australia) at 8pm on April 1 he found a crowd of Yanks and Australians singing in the lounge. Bar door was open, and the barman was wiping down the counter and… Read More ›
Mystic publican’s tragic end
Found dead in Melbourne hotel room By MICK ROBERTS © HEARING gunfire, the publican of a Melbourne hotel rushed upstairs to find the body of his celebrity guest lying in a pool of blood on a bedroom floor. The year… Read More ›
Black swans visit Coraki pub
TWO black swans came out of the river at Coraki (WA) and walked up to the Club Hotel. They were a source of interest to a number of people and some fed the swans with bread. It is thought that they… Read More ›
