By MICK ROBERTS © GORDON Guy Hack was one of Western Australia’s most successful hoteliers during the first half of the 20th century. At his death he hosted one of Perth’s largest pubs, and was among the state’s wealthiest hoteliers…. Read More ›
Western Australia hotels
Australia’s first state run pub: Western Australia’s Gwalia Hotel
THE Gwalia State Hotel, 233km north of Kalgoorlie, was established by the Western Australian Government in 1903 to combat the sly grog trade and to provide an alternative to the hotels in Leonora. It was the first hotel built and… Read More ›
Demise of Broome’s Weld Club Hotel
Broome, September 22, The Weld Club Hotel (pictured), and the residence of Mr. Rodriguez, which adjoined, were entirely destroyed by fire at 3 o’clock this morning. No lives were lost, but Mr. Thomas Egan, formerly of Kalgoorlie, had a narrow escape from death…. Read More ›
Tempted tastes of reliability drivers
With an eye to extended Redex trial business, Meekatharra (W.A.) publican, Bruce Gosden, got up early today to put up a sign residing “Two miles to Meekatharra Hotel — Hot Showers, Grills” on the trial route outside , Meekatharra. (Picturegram.) -Brisbane… Read More ›
One of Australia’s first boutique brewery pubs: Fremantle’s Sail & Anchor
THE Freemasons’ Hotel, was constructed in 1901–1903. It replaced the hotel that was originally constructed on the site in 1854 for Nicholas Paterson and Anthony Cornish. In 1901, James Gallop purchased the Freemasons’ Hotel property and commissioned architect Frederick William… Read More ›
Rationing seen hundreds queuing for Christmas beer in 1946
HUNDREDS queued up outside a hotel in Leederville [Perth] from 7am onwards yesterday to collect a Xmas ration of 6 bottles of beer. Cars and taxies added to the crowd as it waited for the handout. Sale commenced at 10.30am,… Read More ›
Reverend Sander’s visit to Perth’s ‘seamier pubs’ found nothing ‘disgusting’
THE man with his hand on a bar room door in Perth is the general secretary of the Victorian Temperance Alliance, the Rev. E. S. Sanders. He is an investigator for the Victorian Royal Commission into liquor problems. After visiting a dozen of Perth’s seamier hotels he said,… Read More ›
You could get a dash of jive with your beer at Albany’s London Hotel
DURING the late 1940s, it was reported that you could have a beer at Albany’s London Hotel, with a dash of jive. The pub, on the far south coast of Western Australia, you see, was hosted by Harry Ward, a… Read More ›