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A loophole allowed Attunga pub to have a 17-year-old licensee in 1939
THE Attunga pub, in the New England region of NSW, can lay claim to probably the youngest licensee in the state, if not Australia. The publican was so young in fact that he was unable to drink in his own… Read More ›
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Tattersalls Hotel: The evolution of Armidale’s art-deco masterpiece
ELLEN Maccoy had the license of the House of All Nations at Rocky River transferred to Armidale (NSW) on April 27, 1858, opening the Wellington Inn on Beardy Street – the current site of the Tattersalls Hotel. The license has… Read More ›
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Armidale’s International: Once popular with thirsty railwaymen, stock salesmen and drovers
SADLY relegated to the pages of history, the International Hotel was located in Niagara-street, Armidale, NSW. During the 1920s the freehold of the pub was owned by William Joseph Doyle. Arthur William Chapman was licensee when the hotel was forced… Read More ›
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Melbourne chef brings fine dining to Sydney pub
WHILE many believe that the added attraction of fashionable eateries into Australian pubs is a new phenomenon, here’s a little “advertorial” from Sydney newspaper, Australian Star on August 8 1903, that would suggest otherwise. Here’s a picture which partly shows… Read More ›
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Perth publican ‘Old Penn’ was a colourful character
By MICK ROBERTS © A LARGER than life character, Jabez Penn made quite an impression during his 20 year career as a Perth hotelier. The son of an English conservative politician, Jabez Penn hosted two pubs and a wine saloon… Read More ›
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Police operation will focus on compliance as pubs reopen across NSW today
A MONTH-LONG high visibility police operations is underway focusing on social distancing and Public Health Order compliance in licensed premises, as pubs reopen across NSW today (Monday June 1). NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced that hotels across the state will… Read More ›
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Royal Hotel, Brisbane
AIRY, SPACIOUS BARS AND LOUNGES Royal Hotel Has New Features ENTIRELY remodelled from roof to cellar, and the very latest ideas in hotel construction incorporated, the old Royal Hotel, for many years a landmark in Queen-street, is now one of… Read More ›
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Cloudy the pony enjoyed a beer at the bar
CLOUDY was a pony that made the news with his beer drinking antics in 1953. The 88cm (35 inch) pony, reported the World’s News on March 23, had raised around £800 by appearing at fairs, fetes and parades. Besides his… Read More ›
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Carlton & United Breweries rolling out 2,000 barrels of free beer to help pubs through pandemic
Carlton & United Breweries is rolling out 2,000 barrels of free beer to help pubs and clubs survive the coronavirus crisis. Having already raised more than $1 million in cash for struggling pubs and clubs through the For the Love… Read More ›
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Hobart hotels ›
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Beer drums on trial
August 26, 2019
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The pubs and brothels of Hobart’s Watchorn Street
June 17, 2019
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Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
August 17, 2017
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Pugnacious publican
February 25, 2017
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Early pubs of Hobart: The romance of Tasmania’s hostelries
June 11, 2016
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Publican painter
May 4, 2015
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Old Hotel Being Demolished
January 1, 2015
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The Ship Inn, Hobart, Tasmania
November 15, 2014
Darwin hotels ›
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Hotel Darwin
August 17, 2017
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Taxi driver bitten by crocodile in the bar of the Hotel Darwin
March 15, 2017
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Darwin beer supply white-anted
March 9, 2017
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The Vic survived three cyclones…
December 24, 2016
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Darwin hotel explosion
October 19, 2016
Perth Hotels ›
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Policeman shot dead in bar of Perth’s Brisbane Hotel
August 1, 2020
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Perth publican ‘Old Penn’ was a colourful character
June 7, 2020
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Three Western Australian publicans from the past
March 28, 2020
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Zandra the pub nude made Chloe look like ‘an elderly spinster in a red flannel negligee’
March 9, 2020
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Perth newspaper vendor, Jimmy could make beer run up hill
January 14, 2020
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The Battle for Beer
December 18, 2019
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Perth’s SP bookies were not only blokes
August 31, 2019
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Boxing champ behind the bar
August 4, 2019
Melbourne Hotels ›
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Carlton’s United States Hotel publican charged with murder after shooting dead an intruder
September 3, 2020
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The flash bars of Melbourne’s Royal Mail Hotel
February 29, 2020
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Melbourne hotelier, Jimmy Richardson
November 12, 2019
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Naked woman takes a dip in pub’s water trough
August 18, 2019
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They learnt Australian ways
June 30, 2019
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Flinders Street Angel Retires
April 14, 2019
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Pluto arrives in Melbourne
March 11, 2019
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The Pub Counter Lunch
March 10, 2019
Sydney hotels ›
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Constables caught-out having after-hour New Year’s Eve drinks at Erskineville’s Imperial Hotel
December 31, 2020
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Melbourne chef brings fine dining to Sydney pub
June 11, 2020
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Carlton & United Breweries rolling out 2,000 barrels of free beer to help pubs through pandemic
May 28, 2020
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Assembly Hotel, Sydney: Proud beauty scorns the demon rum
March 25, 2020
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Spanish influenza pandemic closed Sydney’s pubs for almost a month in 1919
March 16, 2020
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Plaza Hotel, Sydney had the first fully automated glass washing machine in NSW
February 26, 2020
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Singing publican drops dead on stage
February 14, 2020
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Evolution of the Australian beer glass
January 10, 2020
Adelaide hotels ›
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How a thatched tavern in Adelaide’s south-west doubled as a church: The Brighton Metro Hotel
November 16, 2020
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Adelaide’s last barmaid: When women were barred from behind the bar
December 31, 2019
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Commercial Hotel, Port Adelaide
June 5, 2019
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Rebel Irish flag at Adelaide hotel
March 14, 2019
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Strategic beer break
October 6, 2018
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Exchange Hotel, Adelaide
August 7, 2018
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Car runs into the bar of Adelaide’s Selborne Hotel
November 9, 2017
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Southern Cross Hotel, Adelaide
October 8, 2017
Brisbane hotels ›
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Royal Hotel, Brisbane
May 31, 2020
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Drinkers join the Salvos in Christmas carols outside South Brisbane pub
December 24, 2019
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The Treasury Hotel, Brisbane
November 19, 2019
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Hen gets ‘clucky’ on beer
July 23, 2019
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Publican, Rose Rooney: Sydney’s Diamond Queen
June 4, 2019
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Treasury Hotel, Brisbane
April 15, 2019
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Telling the ‘Yanks’ about us
April 12, 2019
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Crown Hotel, Brisbane
December 27, 2018