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Edwards Royal Hotel – Coolgardie Hotels

29/03/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Edwards Royal Hotel – Coolgardie Lot 31, Cnr Ford and Bayley Streets, Coolgardie Rudy Krakouver’s Hotel was the first two story hotel in Coolgardie and opened for business in June 1895. Later the Edwards family took over the hotel and claimed the hotel offered ‘Superior accommodation and attractive waiters’. The catering at the Royal was […]

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The Metropolitan Hotel – Coolgardie hotels 8

06/02/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Metropolitan Hotel Coolgardie: When Pat Kennedy and his wife vacated the site on the north-eastern corner of Bayley and Fords streets in 1894, Fred Brewer erected a hotel two years later which was called The Metropolitan. The hotel had two frontages – one on Bayley Street and the other in Ford Street, with he […]

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Kennedy’s Family Hotel – Coolgardie hotels 7

05/01/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kennedy’s Family Hotel and Cafe stood on the corner of Bayley and Ford Streets, Coolgardie. It was originally built in 1893, when this wooden structure burnt down a new two story hotel was built. This photograph shows the original building in 1893. The Royal Hotel is next door then there is Counsel’s Store. The hotel […]

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The Great Western Hotel – Coolgardie

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Great Western Hotel stood on the corner of Bayley and Hunt Sts Coolgardie. The site is now occupied by the Coolgardie Motel. It was also known as De Baun’s, after the first licensee. It was built in 1893 and was destroyed in the great fire of 1897.

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The Globe Hotel – Coolgardie hotels 2

02/11/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Globe Hotel was situated between Ford and Hunt Streets Coolgardie. There is no known photograph of the building which has survived. W M Faahan was the first owner and claimed it to be the first hotel in Coolgardie. In 1895 it was known as, Alec Caro’s Wine and Beer Saloon, three months later, when […]

Filed Under: Hotels Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

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