TWO barmaids who once pulled beers from the same two pubs in the mid 1890s, tragically took their own lives – two years apart – over broken relationships. Nellie Willis shot her estranged fiancé, Ernest McFadden in the throat at Auburn, in… Read More ›
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After three husbands and seven pubs, Ellen Stokes left a distinguished career as a hotelier
By MICK ROBERTS © BESIDES running a popular and profitable bar, the pinnacle for a career publican must be hosting the likes of royalty – and the closest to Australian royalty is a governor general. Ellen Stokes hosted at least… Read More ›