By MICK ROBERTS © LITTERALLY sitting on the banks of the Parramatta River, the quaintly named Emu Hotel had gained a reputation as a disorderly house during the 1890s. The pub was frequented by inmates from the nearby benevolent asylums and… Read More ›
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 ›
By MICK ROBERTS © THERE’S a pub in Melbourne’s CBD that’s home to arguably Australia’s most famous ‘nude’. Established in 1861, Young & Jackson is one of Australia’s most recognisable hotels. It’s also home to ‘Chloe’. The pub, named after two… Read More ›
HERE’S a yarn from the annals of Bulli’s old Denmark Hotel. The pub traded on the NSW South Coast from 1877 to 1911. On Boxing Day 1901, the local member of parliament, John Barnes Nicholson “dropped” into the the pub… Read More ›