Widgiemooltha Hotel

Publican made prospector’s coffin from beer cases

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OUTBACK publicans have to be resourceful. During the early 1930s the body of a veteran prospector was discovered down an old shaft in Widgiemooltha, now an abandoned gold mining town 630kms east of Perth in Western Australia. As there was… Read More ›

Menzies Railway Hotel

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THE Railway Hotel at Menzies trades in a historic gold mining centre in Western Australia, now a virtual ghost town. It originally opened as the Grand Hotel in 1895. Menzies is located 132km north of Kalgoorlie and 729 km east… Read More ›