By MICK ROBERTS © THE Glenrowan Inn where the bushranger Ned Kelly’s ‘last stand’ took place in 1880 is likely Australia’s most infamous pub. While the history of bushranger Ned Kelly is well documented, the story of Glenrowan Inn host,… Read More ›
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly’s not on the roll!
The Glenrowan Hotel, Glenrowan, Victoria posted an absolute gem on their Facebook Page this week: “Does The Australian Electoral Commission know something we don’t , if you see him wandering about could you inform him that he has mail at… Read More ›
Jones’s Hotel, Glenrowan
Jones’s Hotel, the last refuge of the hunted [Ned Kelly] outlaws, is a public house about a hundred yards from the Glenrowan railway station. It is of the kind common all over the country — wooden walls, shingle roof, a… Read More ›
This Clancy has an overflow too
He pub crawls at 100 MELBOURNE, Sat. – A centenarian who last week “lost” his appendix is a popular headache to his nurses. The centenarian, John Clancy, has a habit of going A.W.L. from the hospital for a pub… Read More ›
Rocklea Hotel, Rocklea
Rocklea’s skeleton in the closet By MICK ROBERTS© FOR a pub that has served up beer for more than a century, there’s sure to be a few good yarns, and a skeleton or two in the closest, when researching its… Read More ›