The Old Yundamindera Pub

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 drinking there;
Gone are the hungry diners,
Who thrived on the Landlords fare.

A wall in the hall is shattered
From a shotguns fierce blast,
When old Joe shot at Harris,
As he went through the door, too fast.

The rambling rooms resounded
To laughter bright and gay,
As lusty miners revelled,
All through the night and day.

But now there is deadly silence
Throughout the empty halls,
With only the night winds violence,
As it beats against the walls.

The bats have taken over,
The big owls sit and mourn,
And ghostly shadows quiver,
In the dim half light of dawn.

The Victoria Hotel Yundamindera 1908

By 1973 the old Victoria Hotel had almost come to an end of its life. The exceptionally heavy rains of that last years were causing the mud brick walls to crumble. All that remains today are the stone foundations and the mud bricks have all weathered back into the red earth.

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Moya Sharp

Owner at Outback Family History

My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.

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