But drinking habits finally shut her doors… THE Victoria Hotel, survived three cyclones, and everything Mother Nature could throw at her, but the almighty dollar finally shut her doors in 2014. Three major cyclones have unroofed the Vic over its… Read More ›
“That’s where the dead men lie” out on the plains of the Never Never. An overflow of bottles from an outback pub. Each bottle costs three shillings when full. This is in the Northern Territory. So, after all, dead men… Read More ›
Man’s Head Blown Off DARWIN, Oct. 20 – A heavy explosion at the Club Hotel late last night caused a sensation. The police rushed to the hotel, and found that Adam Wright had blown his head off with a plug… Read More ›
HOTEL HISTORY RECALLED [Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs NT) Friday 3 September 1954] ON Saturday evening the Hotel Alice Springs celebrated the 25th anniversary of the opening of a small grocery store by Mr. Ly Underdown, from which eventuated the massive hotel still in the course of completion. Twenty-five… Read More ›
