The Warraweena Hotel was located at Dry Lake, about 35km north of Bourke, on the road to the Queensland border town of Barringun. The pub was a stop-over for the mail coach, and popular with drovers, boundary riders and other… Read More ›
swagman
Choked on a right Royal sav
A swagman, whose name is unknown, dropped dead outside the Royal Hotel at Murrurundi on Friday night. It appears that the man bought some saveloys, took a bite of one, and apparently attempted to swallow it. The result was that… Read More ›
An artful dodger
THE resourcefulness of the English tramp is proverbial (writes ‘Oriel’ in the Melbourne Argus), but his Australian prototype the sundowner, has a genius for turning opportunities to account which his English brother has never understood. Two specimens of the Australian… Read More ›