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Plaza Hotel, Sydney had the first fully automated glass washing machine in NSW
THE first automated glass-washing machine in New South Wales, and the second in Australia, was installed in the bar of the Plaza Hotel, above Wynyard Railway Station, George Street, Sydney in 1946. When Plaza Hotel manager, Alphonse Parer switched on… Read More ›
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Kingaroy’s not-so temporary Broadway Hotel
THIS grand structure was branded Queensland’s strangest hotel in 1934. The “temporary bar”, serving the license purposes of the Broadway Hotel, near Kingaroy, had been serving-up beer for 21 months when this grainy photo was published in the Brisbane Week on January… Read More ›
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Coal miners’ world beer drinking record: 15 men drink 600 gallons of beer in 15 days!
By MICK ROBERTS © A SOCIAL club, made-up of coal miners, caused quite a stir when they set-up camp at what they named “Froth Blowers Retreat” at Towradgi Beach, just north of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of NSW, for… Read More ›
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Body of forward thinking hotelier exhumed after suspicious death
The death of pioneering publican Reg Tolley By MICK ROBERTS © THE suspicious death of a publican, who was pioneering improvements in the drinking habits of Australians, made headlines around the country in 1952 when detectives ordered the exhumation of… Read More ›
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Singing publican drops dead on stage
By MICK ROBERTS © THE Dapto Agricultural Hall, south of Wollongong in the Illawarra region of NSW, had a ‘full house’ on the evening of Wednesday October 6 1897. The large and enthusiastic audience had gathered to be entertained by… Read More ›
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Roast beef, crisp brown spuds and a few ‘long-uns’ at the Cecil Inn
By MICK ROBERTS © IN a secluded, heavily timbered valley in the Victorian Highlands, about 20 km north-east of Morwell, once traded a small timber inn, famous for serving-up to its guests mouth-watering roast beef, crisp brown potatoes, and ‘long-uns’… Read More ›
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The pub on the edge of the Nullarbor: The Globe Hotel, Fowlers Bay
By MICK ROBERTS © NESTLED in the shadows of the ever-shifting sand dunes, on the eastern edge of the Nullarbor Plain, once traded a South Australian pub frequented by thirsty camel drivers, teamsters and merchant sailors. The Globe Hotel, Fowlers… Read More ›
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Roll-up, roll-up, a pub once owned by the circus: Ballina’s Occidental Hotel
By MICK ROBERTS © THE balcony of the Occidental Hotel, on the NSW north coast, overlooked the magnificent Richmond River for almost half a century before closing for business in 1932. The pub was established in what is today Fawcett… Read More ›
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Outback sands reclaim Yanco Glen Hotel
By MICK ROBERTS © SADLY the vivid red sands and hardy outback desert shrubs have reclaimed where once the Yanco Glen Hotel served-up icey cold beers to weary travellers. Arguably made famous nationally by the iconic promotional photograph of the… Read More ›
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