By Henry McCarthy THE licensee of the Amos Hotel in Newcastle employed his sister as a barmaid and, because he believed that blood was thicker than beer, refused to put her in the union. He told the other barmaids who… Read More ›
Barmaids
George Street hooligans
ALMOST A RIOT. About 10 o’clock on Saturday night Constable McDaniel saw a woman ejected from a Goulburn-street hotel (Haymarket) by two barmaids. He arrested her, and, at first she was going easily enough, but a man called out to… Read More ›
Happy Days
“Here’s luck and a happy return!” New Zealand Diggers swap yarns and drinks to-day with three barmaids at an hotel near their transports. The New Zealanders return on Thursday and they are determined to carry back a full store of… Read More ›
Barmen are disappearing from Perth pubs
The Feminine Touch Is Taking Over PERTH’S barmen are a gradually disappearing race with the majority of city hotels employing a greater number of barmaids. There are not many unions which can claim the same wages for a woman as… Read More ›
Keep Barmaids Young Smart & Cheerful
NSW politician Les Jordan caused a stir in 1954 when he suggested that barmaids should be dressed in black and be over 60. The Country Party (forerunner of today’s National Party) MLA was commenting on one of the provisions of… Read More ›
She Couldn’t Buy Her Beer
THIS woman went into the main bar of the Australia Hotel, Castlereagh Street, Sydney, last Wednesday afternoon and asked for a beer. Barmaids refused to serve her. She then helped herself to several beers standing on the counter before a group of men…. Read More ›
Corrimal pub’s most celebrated barmaid
By MICK ROBERTS © ABOUT the same time as the Corrimal Hotel opened for business on the NSW South Coast almost 120 years ago, quite a lot of excitement was being created by “a small coterie of feminine busybodies” to… Read More ›