Half Way House

The 20-Mile Hotel, Outback Qld

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THIS grainy image of the Twenty-Mile Hotel, also known as the Half-Way House, being half-way between Aramac and Barcaldine in outback northern Queensland, was taken in 1911. At the time the pub was owned and hosted by Jack Richardson. Joe Kingston,… Read More ›

Memories of a long-gone Tasmanian inn: The Half Way House, Antill Ponds

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A PROMINENT feature and the social centre of Antill Ponds was its Half Way House, a two-storey hotel, which serviced travellers and locals residents with accommodation, meals and liquor. The inn traded for just over a century about halfway on… Read More ›