The White Hart Hotel was located in Hunt Street, Between Sylvester and Lindsay Sts, Coolgardie. The White Hart Hotel, erected by the owners of the Lion Brewery built in July 1900, was one of a number of new brick buildings that sprung up in Coolgardie at the turn of the century. Not as pretentious as […]
The United Club Hotel – Coolgardie hotels
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The United Club was formed in September 1896 and had Warden J.M. Finnerty as its first President. Immediately after formation it was proposed to erect a building, estimated to cost ₤5,000, for use as a Club in Bayley Street west. The United Club, on the corner of Moran and Bayley Streets Coolgardie west, was an […]
Captain Kettle of the Toorak Hotel –
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Built in 1899. On June 25, 1903 a fire destroyed the whole of the front of the hotel. Situated on the 90 Mile Road, in the early days, this was the road out of Coolgardie on the North side. It closed some time in 1910. Licensee’s Harold B McCormick – 1900 E Bradley – 1901 […]
An Explosive Situation
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Menzies Miner 20 February 1897, page 11 The Kanowna Explosion MATCH DROPPED INTO CASK OF RUM. DEATH OF ONE OF THE INJURED MEN An accident resulting in serious injury to several persons occurred at the White Feather Hotel today, when a match dropped in a cask of spirit caused a terrific explosion. Mr Cole, proprietor […]
The Shamrock Hotel -Coolgardie hotels
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Next in our series of Coolgardie Hotels is Colreavy’s Shamrock Hotel: When the Shamrock Hotel, on the corner of Sylvester and Jobson Streets, Coolgardie was opened in September 1895, the licensee, Mrs Cath Colreavy, announced her best efforts would be used to ‘promote the comfort and convenience of patrons and visitors’. Despite having twenty bedrooms […]
