1:- The Australia Hotel:- First appears in the newspapers in 1895 and the first Licensee was Wilson DUNNE. LOcated in Bayley Street opposite the Post Office. Now where Ben Priors Park is situated. It seems to have been demolished in about 1919. 2. The Lion Hotel, Cnr Renou and Sylvester Sts, Coolgardie. The Lion Hotel […]
The Old Yundamindera Pub
14/07/2018 By Leave a Comment
The Old Yundamindera Pub With mud walls rough and weathered, The old pub stands four square But there’s now no horses tethered, No miners drinking there The rusted roof is leaking, The bar room walls are bare, A loose door’s eerie creaking, The only sound you hear. Gone are the hardy miners, Who did their […]
The Storming of Grants Groggery:
07/07/2018 By Leave a Comment
Roaring Days in Old Broad Arrow 1908 A Pioneer Publicans Troubles The Storming of Grants Groggery There used to be some purple hued hours in the now decadent old ” Arrow,” in tho devil-may-care and open handed Nineties. No one cared about the troubles of today, nor went out of his road to meet those […]
McKee’s Denver City Hotel:
29/06/2018 By 1 Comment
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), Saturday 10 September 1898, page 52 DENVER CITY HOTEL, Corner of Bayley and Lefroy Streets, Coolgardie. The Denver City Hotel is a fine new building, of brick and stone, situate at the corner of Bayley street and Lefroy street, in Coolgardie. Its position is very convenient for […]
O’Meara Family Photograph- Alan O’Meara
25/04/2018 By 2 Comments
I was recently sent the following photos by Alan O’Meara which are from the documents of his father, James Jeremiah O’Meara.
