The Sun Newspaper 15th Nov 1903 Mr J R Watson, licensee of the Boorara Hotel, referring to a couple of ‘They Says’ ( like ‘Heard on Hannan’) pars in last weeks paper, writes:- ‘Mine is the only licenced house at Boorara and we see nothing of fighting and gambling and see considerably less of feminine yelling […]
Once a Starr always a Star!
13/11/2016 By 4 Comments
These days most local residents expect airconditioned houses and cars and an annual holiday as a matter of course, but this was far from the life that confronted Millicent Rose Starr for most of her life. She was born in 1910 in the Gold Mining Town of Mt Morgans as Millicent Rose Buckman. Young Rose came […]
The Dirty Acre – The Boulder Block
20/09/2016 By 1 Comment
Rather rowdy, Dingy, cloudy, Dusty, dirty, dim and dowdy, Thirsty throats to mock. Can’t mistake her, Good drought slaker, Six pubs to the bloomin’ acre, Weary hummers, Beery bummers, Cadging ‘deeners’, ‘zacks’ and ‘thrummers’, Mooching in a flock, Frontispieces hard and chilly, Sparring pots off ‘Dick’ and ‘Billy’ (‘Nough to drive a barman silly) On […]
“Time Gentlemen” – Book Review
11/06/2016 By 3 Comments
“Time Gentlemen” A History of the Hotel Industry in Western Australia by Caroline de Mori Published 1987, ISBN 1862527695 “Time Gentlemen’ traces the history of the hotel industry in Western Australia since the first liquor licences were granted to seven humble dwellings in Perth, January of 1830 to the sophisticated industry of today. I can recommend […]
