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The Exchange Hotel – Coolgardie Hotels 6

24/09/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

  When Evon Wisdom was granted one of the four Wayside Licences in April 1893, he erected a hessian building on the corner of what later became the junction of Bayley and Ford Streets, which he called the Exchange Hotel. The Exchange was the venue for the first meeting of the newly elected Coolgardie Corporation […]

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The Club Hotel – Coolgardie hotels

09/09/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

When Bill Faahan was granted one of the four Wayside licences in April 1893, he erected the first hotel – a rough shelter of bush timber and hessian with a bar consisting of series of packing cases on forked sticks – which he called the Club Hotel. The first load of beer and spirits brought […]

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The Denver City – Coolgardie hotels 4

03/09/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

The Denver City was the first hotel in Coolgardie and the first building on the site was in 1894.  A more substantial building was constructed by the firm of Philip and Doyle in  and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The current building of two stories in the Federation style was built in 1898. It […]

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Hotels of Coolgardie 3:

23/07/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

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 […]

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The Old Yundamindera Pub

14/07/2018 By Moya Sharp 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 […]

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