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THOSE PUBS.
47 of Them Named.
Remember those pubs in Kal-
goorlie ?
Legend has it that at one stage
you couldn't throw a stone in Kal-
goorlie without hitting a hotel.
Count Kanowna, of Salmon
Gums, here presents a formidable
list.
OLD hands delight in ferreting around
in their minds for the names of the
pubs that slaked dust-caked throats in
Kalgoorlie 45 years ago.
With the help of Mr, W. C. J. Hill,
pioneer goldfields publican and well
known horseman, I have compiled a list
of pubs that flourished within a radius
of two miles of the Kalgoorlie Post Office
in the nineties.
Here they are, 47 in all:
Hannan-street, left-hand side going
west: Federal; Goldfields (delicensed) ;
Criterion (delicensed-now Savoy Cafe);
Broken Hill (delicensed); Exchange;
Palace; Victoria; Oriental; York; Globe
(delicensed); Marble Bar (delicensed);
Kalgoorlie; and Star and Garter. There
were three wine and beer saloons
Daly's, Alderdice's and Armanasco's.
Hannan-street, right-hand side going
west: Duke of Cornwall (W. C. J. Hill
proprietor three times); Crown Shades
"See, dear, that's what I mean. One broad band and one thin one." -"Illustrated." Help
"See, dear, that's what I mean. One broad band and one thin one."
-"Illustrated."
(delicensed, bar was underground, and
hence pub was known as the "Dug-Out") ;
Grand (built by Stevenson); Central
(delicensed-also known as the Black
Swan and City); Australia; Commercial;
White Heart (delicensed); National (de-
licensed, Jerry McAuliffe, proprietor) ;
Shamrock (delicensed, Faddy Whelan,
proprietor); and Home from Home (re-
named Hannans after Kalgoorlie riots
of 1934 when lt was burnt by rioters).
Brookman-street, West Kalgoorlie:
Golden District (delicensed).
Dugan-street: Her Majesty's (next to
Tivoli Theatre, delicensed).
Forrest-street: Torbay Arms (delic-
ensed, opposite goods sheds) ; Telluride
(delicensed); Queensland (delicensed):
Royal (delicensed); Inland City (pre-
viously the Champion, name changed by
Mr. Hill); Railway.
Piccadilly-street: Piccadilly; Loco-
motive (delicensed-on the flat opposite
the Queensland and Telluride).
Maritana-street: Tower; Great Boulder
(delicensed); Surrey (delicensed); Mari-
tana (delicensed); Mt. Lyell; Foundry;
Half-Way (delicensed).
Macdonald-street: Union Club; and
Commonwealth (delicensed).
Cheetham-street: Gala; Racecourse
(delicensed, near Kalgoorlie racecourse).
Outridge-terrace: Glen Devon (de-
licensed); British Arms (delicensed).
Parkeston: Rising Sun Hotel (Bull
Bennit, proprietor).
Williamstown: (Mr Hill, proprietor).
Forty-five years ago there were 47
pubs to about 15,000 to 20,000 people.
Today, within a radius of two miles of
the post office 23 pubs serve a popula-
tion of between 12,000 and 15,000.
COUNT KANOWNA, Salmon Gums.
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