Adelaide - Hotels and Lodging Houses
- Hotels
- Miscellany
- Lodging Houses
- 0bituaries
Hotels - Black Bull Hotel
Information on the Black Bull Hotel is in the Express,
13 February 1878, page 2e,
Register,
2 March 1878, page 4g,
29 July 1899, page 6f,
Observer,
16 March 1878, page 20d,
4 January 1879, page 5b.
Information on "Early Days of the Black Bull" is in the Register on
9 April 1910, page 11a -
the proprietors set up a sign which read:
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The bull is tame, so fear him not,
So long as you can pay your shot.
When money's gone and credit's bad,
That's what makes the bull go mad.
For further information on the Black Bull see Register,
1 November 1929, page 6d,
Observer,
9 November 1929, page 54c (includes a photo.).
Hotels - Brecknock Hotel
The opening of extensions to the Brecknock Arms Inn is reported in the Register,
26 July 1866, page 2f,
Observer,
28 July 1866, page 7h.
"The New Brecknock Hotel" is in the Register,
19 July 1923, page 5c.
Hotels - Exchange Hotel
The Exchange Hotel - "A Time-Honoured Hostelry" is the subject of an article
in the Register,
22 December 1896, page 11c,
a sketch is in the SA Figaro,
3 November 1877, (supplement); also see
Weekly Herald,
1 September 1899, page 14.
"Adelaide's Oldest Hotel - Mrs Ware's Exchange" is in the Advertiser,
17 January 1896, page 6f; also see
Register,
21 June 1913, pages 11d-14f,
5 June 1918, page 9e,
25 and 29 February 1924, pages 10a and 11h,
10 March 1924, page 12e.
"House With a History" is in The Mail,
8 March 1924, page 3a.
"Historic Exchange Hotel" is in the Observer,
8 March 1924, page 48c.
An 1839 letter from Samuel Payne is reproduced in the Register,
23 January 1926, page 3f.
Mrs Fanny Ware's obituary is in the Register,
8 April 1898, page 6g,
Express,
7 April 1898, page 2d.
A fire at the hotel is reported in the Observer,
13 December 1913, page 34d.
A sketch of the hotel is in the Mercury & SA Sporting Chronicle,
16 August 1851, page 997.
"The King's Ale [at the Exchange]" is in the Register,
24 June 1911, page 12g.
"The Exchange Changes Hands" is in the Advertiser,
10 March 1924, page 15f,
"Our Oldest Hotel - The Exchange Changes Hands" in the Register,
27 March 1926, page 10b; also see
Advertiser,
18 July 1936, page 15c.
A photograph of "Old Exchange Identities" is in the Observer,
23 February 1918, page 26.
Biographical details of A.W. Ware are in the Register,
15 November 1917, page 4f and
an obituary in the Observer,
5 February 1927, page 60b.
An obituary of Mrs Mary Moseley, manageress, is in the Register,
15 October 1919, page 6h.
Hotels - Globe Inn/Hotel
The Globe Inn is described in the Chronicle,
6 February 1864, page 2a.
A "Fracas at the Globe Inn" between Mr Henry Alford and Mr Daniel Fisher, "the
recently-elected member for East Torrens", is reported in the Observer,
9 May 1868, page 3b.
"The Globe Hotel & Billiard Saloon" is in the Register,
5 January 1869, page 2d,
Observer,
9 January 1869, page 16c.
Information on the Globe Hotel appears in the Register,
18 January 1869, page 2h,
7 June 1869, page 2d,
Observer,
2 and 9 January 1869, pages 1f and 16c,
8 January 1870, page 11b,
24 May 1879, page 14f; also see
Chronicle,
16 January 1869, page 6e,
Register,
1 January 1870, page 3c,
Observer,
8 January 1870, page 11b,
13 March 1875, page 7,
The Lantern,
26 April 1879, page 5,
Express,
12 August 1878, page 2d.
An 1872 photograph is in the Chronicle,
16 November 1933, page 32; also see
Pictorial Australian in
August 1893, page 124.
A poem is in The Lantern,
14 May 1881, page 10.
"Exit the Globe Hotel" is in the Advertiser,
27 December 1907, page 9a; also see
21 and 28 March 1908, pages 14c and 13f,
18 July 1933, page 10h,
Express,
4 April 1908, page 11 (sketch).
Hotels - Imperial Hotel
The jubilee of the Imperial Hotel is reported in the Register on
8 May 1919, page 4f and
historical information on it on
12 June 1878, page 5d,
12 December 1927, page 15c,
25 April 1928, page 11b,
8 December 1928, page 8h.
Information on the Imperial Hotel is in the Register,
18 May 1907, page 9e,
Observer,
25 May 1907, page 51e.
A history of the "Imperial Corner" is in the Advertiser,
23 August 1923, page 9a.
A photograph of the hotel is in the Chronicle,
1 April 1916, page 25.
Hotels - Napoleon Hotel
Information on the Napoleon Hotel is in the Register,
7 May 1888, page 5c,
5 June 1918, page 9e,
30 January 1919, page 5d,
Advertiser,
29 January 1919, page 6d,
Register,
5 and 11 June 1919, pages 4g and 4g.
"Exit Napoleon Hotel" is in the Register,
31 July 1919, page 4d; also see
14 April 1921, page 4c,
The Mail,
18 January 1936, page 19.
Hotels - Newmarket Hotel
Information on the New Market Hotel is in the Express,
22 April 1869, page 3b.
Information on the Newmarket Hotel is in the Register,
17 July 1883, page 4g.
An obituary of Mrs R.V. Pulsford of the Newmarket Hotel is in the Register,
22 and 26 June 1916, pages 4g and 4g,
Observer,
24 June 1916, page 20c; also see
Register,
3 November 1916, page 4g.
Hotels - Norfolk Arms Hotel
A sketch of the Norfolk Arms in the 1860s is in The Mail,
15 July 1916, page 11 together with a 1916 photograph; also see
Pictorial Australian in
September 1892, page 140.
A fatal accident at the Norfolk Arms is reported in the Observer,
13 September 1897, page 13e.
Information on the remodelling of the hotel is in the Register,
15 March 1916, page 4e.
"The Bottle Department of the Liquor Trade" is in the Register,
4 April 1924, page 6.
Hotels - Royal Admiral Hotel
Information on the Royal Admiral Hotel is in the Register,
8 March 1878, page 5c,
18 May 1878, page 5c,
Observer,
25 May 1878, page 11d.
"Hindley Street Amusements" at the Royal Admiral Hotel are described in the Advertiser,
18 January 1908, page 14a.
Hotels - Southern Cross Hotels
An advertisement for the Southern Cross Family Hotel in Currie Street is in the Register,
25 August 1838, page 2d; also see
SA Figaro,
13 October 1877, page 5,
Register,
18 July 1879, page 6f,
26 March 1880, page 5b,
13 September 1898, page 7f,
7 February 1913, page 3e,
Observer,
27 March 1880, page 530d,
9 January 1892, page 42d,
20 December 1913, page 38a.
A sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
16 October 1880, page 496. Also see
Register,
26 April 1919, page 8f.
Information on the Southern Cross is in The Mail,
24 August 1912, page 7b.
The Southern Cross Hotels are discussed in the Register,
21 August 1919, page 5f.
Hotels - South Australian and Sturt Arcade Hotels
Information on the Sturt Arcade Hotel is in the Register,
26 June 1885, page 5d,
Express,
26 June 1885, page 2d,
Observer,
2 January 1886, page 30d and
the South Australian Hotel on
22 September 1894, page 42b; also see
Register,
18 April 1899, page 7c,
Express,
4 August 1903, page 4b,
29 October 1909, page 4b,
Register,
29 October 1909, page 4i;
a sketch of the former is in the Pictorial Australian in
August 1885 (supplement) and
of the latter in
August 1894, page 125.
Trew's South Australian Club Hotel is described in the Advertiser,
29 October 1879, page 5d; also see
21 June 1899, page 4i,
Express,
18 April 1899, page 4c.
A sketch of and information on Mr J.F. Gunsler are in The Lantern,
11 June 1881, pages 1 and 2.
An obituary of H.J. Trew is in the Observer,
9 April 1910, page 38a.
"Notable Improvements" to the South Australian Hotel are described in the Register,
11 September 1894, page 7g; also see
29 October 1909, page 4i; also see
8 July 1920, page 4c (includes a photo.).
The sale of the SA Hotel is reported in the Register,
22 July 1920, page 5c.
Biographical details of J.H. Willis, manager of the SA Hotel, are in the Register,
22 February 1927, page 8h.
Information on the Sturt Arcade Hotel is in The Mail,
21 March 1936, page 13.
Hotels - York Hotel
Improvements to the York Hotel are described in the Register,
18 June 1863, page 2d,
30 April 1880, page 5c,
4 February 1887, page 5a,
Chronicle,
16 January 1869, page 6e,
Express,
28 May 1909, page 3i;
its history is in the Register,
22 August 1924, page 12e.
A sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
17 January 1880, page 439,
Pictorial Australian in
May 1880; also see
Observer,
27 November 1909, page 31.
A presentation to Mr W.E. Ford is reported in the Register,
7 September 1878, page 4g;
his obituary is in the Express,
21 November 1898, page 3g.
"From York to Grand Hotel - Memories of the Past" is in the Register,
21 June 1911, page 8; also see
22 June 1911, page 5i (includes an early-day sketch) and
Advertiser,
17 June 1911, page 6c.
Miscellany - Changes in Social Habits
(Taken from Geoffrey H. Manning's A Colonial Experience)
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The dangerous but seductive practice of nobbler-drinking during the forenoon
[which] has reached to an extent in this province is fearful to behold, and
although its baneful results cross our path in every direction, seldom is
any voice heard in its reprehension. The pulpit is silent upon it, the press
reports the daily - almost hourly - fearful accidents and loss of life caused
by it, but it stops there...
(Register, 24 July 1858, page 3.)
In the first two decades of settlement nearly everybody partook of alcohol in some form or another for it was quite common practice, even with perfectly temperate people, to offer a visitor sherry and biscuits at a morning call. An afternoon visitor, if of the sterner sex, was not asked to take tea, but wine and biscuit, while a glass of whisky toddy was deemed the correct thing before going to bed.
In hotels of the 1860s nearly everybody had beer at dinner time and if you had the temerity to ask for tea you would be exceedingly fortunate if you got it, and if you got it, fortunate if you could drink it. If you drank water - and a wise traveller liked to know the source of the water supply - you would be considered an eccentric.
In later years in similar conditions, nearly everybody drank tea or coffee and those men who ventured to beer or wine were viewed with surprise, if not, indeed, with disapprobation. I am certain in my own mind that here has been a wonderful in the improvement in the habits of all classes of society in relation to drinking.
They used to begin early and keep it up late, while in Adelaide it was quite a custom, even in the morning hours if a piece of business was brought to a successful conclusion, for the parties to cement their satisfaction by making a visit to the nearest public house. It seemed to be almost the rule in those days, but it is now the exception:
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Drunkenness is mournfully prevalent at this neighbourhood. There are too many
hotels here... some of them are conducted in a respectable manner, in others
every art is used to induce men to drink... Our young men are being hurried
to destruction at a railway speed... I am well assured that in this place
there will not be another such disgusting scene enacted as a man being drunk,
drowned and buried in a day.
To a temperate man the drinking customs of society must have been the source of much annoyance to be asked to have your 'forty drops' at 11 am and throughout the day at varying intervals. To refuse to join in was almost considered to be an insult and a total abstainer was viewed with contempt or scorned with ridicule.
When I notice the improved habits of today I feel that a great change has been effected and, although my husband and I have never felt called upon to take up the role of teetotaller, there can be little doubt that much of the improvement is due to the zeal of those, both teetotal and temperate who, seeing the evil and waste caused by intemperance, have waged war against them.
The brewer's in the counting house,
Counting all his money,
His wife is in the parlour
Eating cream and honey.
The drinker is in the taproom, Dressed in ragged clothes,
Soon he will be made to see
The cause of all his woes
General Notes
A centenary article on hotels is in the Advertiser (special edition),
1 September 1936, page 78 and
information on early hotels on
29 November 1912, page 12b.
Historical information on early hotels is in the Register,
25 May 1918, page 10e.
"Early Taverns of the State" is in The Mail,
14 July 1934, page 4.
Reminiscences of early hotels are in the Observer,
17 January 1880, page 114b.
"Adelaide Hotel Names Are Steeped in Antiquity" is in The News,
27 October 1932, page 8e.
Reminiscences of the Half-Way Hotel on the Port Road are in the Register,
25 February 1878, page 5b.
An 1842 sketch of the Rob Roy Tavern is reproduced in the Chronicle,
7 November 1929, page 38.
The obituary of James Chittleborough, an early publican, is in the Advertiser,
2 March 1918, page 9h.
The opening of the Royal Oak Hotel is reported in the South Australian,
8 September 1846, page 3c.
Shops, hotels, etc., are described in the Observer,
30 September 1843, page 5a,
20 July 1844, page 5a,
31 August 1844, page 5b,
5 April 1845, page 5a,
20 December 1845, page 5c,
Express,
20 December 1864, page 2b.
Also see Shops.
A correspondent to the South Australian, 3 November 1846, page 5d says:
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I presume it is not generally known that those who have no town residences
are compelled - both for rest, refreshment and transaction of business -
to go to inns, where their ears are often assailed and their feelings horrified,
by the utterance of language one would think impossible to enter into the
imagination, or to pass human lips, even in a brothel.
To suppose that the monsters who thus outrage public decency were ever
baptised, that they were ever seen in a place of worship, that they were
ever married, that they ever entered a drawing room... would be to libel
Christianity...
(Also see South Australian, 17 November 1846, page 6d.)
"The Duties and Responsibilities of Innkeepers" is in the Observer,
13 March 1847, page 4b.
A letter in respect of inn keeping from William Templer appears on
7 October 1848, page 3b.
"Historic St Leonard's Inn" is in The Mail,
11 June 1927, page 3a.
Also see Place Names - Saint Leonards.
A dangerous lunatic at the Royal Hotel is reported in the Observer,
9 August 1851, page 8f.
A fire at the Sturt Hotel is reported in the Observer,
27 October 1855, page 3e.
A fireworks at the Freemasons Tavern is reported in the Register,
29 December 1855, page 3h,
at the Adelaide Hotel on
26 December 1856, page 3d.
A fire at the Royal Hotel is reported in the Register,
17 November 1856, page 2d,
at the Elephant and Castle on
16 February 1859, page 3g,
the Duke of Brunswick in the Observer,
27 August 1859, page 4e and
the White Horse Inn on
24 December 1864, page 4d.
An informative letter headed "Statistics of Public Houses" is in the Register,
4 March 1859, page 3a; also see
Observer,
24 September 1859, page 6f.
A fire at the Elephant & Castle Hotel is reported in the Register,
16 February 1859, page 3g.
An editorial on public houses is in the Observer,
4 February 1860, page 5e.
A murder at the Adelaide Hotel is reported in the Observer,
22 October 1864, page 3c (supp.).
Information on the Phoenix Hotel is in the Register,
20 August 1866, page 2d.
"Political Pugilism at the Hotel Europe" is in the Register,
27 January 1868, page 2d.
"Adelaide Hotels in the 1860s" is in The News,
14 January 1936, page 4f.
Information on the Albion Hotel is in the Observer,
16 March 1867, pages 1h(supp.)-2f (supp.).
A photograph is in The Critic,
4 October 1911, page 3.
"Adelaide Hotels in the 1860s" is in The News,
14 January 1936, page 4f.
A sketch of the Norfolk Arms in the 1860s is in The Mail,
15 July 1916, page 11 together with a 1916 photograph; also see
Pictorial Australian in
September 1892, page 140.
The laying of the foundation stone of the new Buck's Head Hotel is reported
in the Register,
25 March 1869, page 2e,
Observer,
27 March 1869, page 5a.
Information on Hann's Hotel is in the Register,
1 January 1870, page 3d.
Information on the New Market Hotel is in the Express,
22 April 1869, page 3b.
An interesting article on "Dinners and Accommodation" is in the Register,
23 May 1870, page 5f,
Observer,
28 May 1870, page 13g.
The licensee of the notorious Shamrock Hotel defends the salubrity of his
establishment in the Advertiser,
27 May 1872, page 3d; also see
Observer,
1 June 1872, page 8g for a report on the hotel and
SA Figaro,
16 May 1877, page 4a,
Register,
26 and 28 March 1879, pages 7b and 6c,
31 August 1880, page 4f,
14, 16 and 20 March 1883, pages 4g, 4d and 2c (supp.),
19 June 1885, page 7f.
Also see Prostitution.
Information on the Saracen's Head Hotel is in the Observer,
25 January 1873, page 7b.
"Fire at the Railway Hotel" is in the Observer,
7 March 1874, pages 11a-13c,
11 April 1874, page 13g.
The closure of the Turf Hotel and the reason for same is the subject of a
letter to the Editor of the Advertiser,
15 March 1875, page 3f; also see
23 January 1875, page 3g.
Information on the Freemasons Tavern, established by Henry Robinson, is in
the Observer,
20 March 1875, page 7f.
An editorial on hotels is in The Lantern,
3 April 1875, page 3a.
The King's Head Hotel is described in the Register,
12 January 1876 (supp.),
Chronicle,
15 January 1876, page 11f.
A sketch is in the Pictorial Australian in
July 1877.
Night life in hotels is described in the Advertiser,
15 February 1876, page 4f,
Chronicle,
25 January 1879, page 21d.
Information on the Hanover and Crown and Sceptre hotels is in the Advertiser,
10 January 1877, page 6a; also see
Express,
31 August 1877, page 2c,
5 September 1877, page 2b;
a sketch of the former is in Frearson's Weekly,
22 November 1879, page 356.
"New Buildings", including the Crown and Sceptre Hotel, is in the Register,
18 August 1877, page 5b;
the opening of the hotel is reported on
5 September 1877, page 5c,
Information on the Crown & Sceptre Hotel is in the Observer,
8 September 1877, page 3g.
The Register of
1 October 1877, page 6f talks of "young men and lads... learning the art of
drinking and debauchery" while
"A Crying Evil in Our Midst" appears on
2 October 1877, page 6d,
"Can Something be Done for Our Young Men" on
31 October 1877, page 7g; also see
19 November 1877 (supp.), page 2c.
The erection of the Botanic Hotel and contiguous buildings is reported in
the Register,
13 August 1877, page 5d,
31 August 1897, page 7e.
"The Darker Side of Adelaide Life" is in the Register,
1, 2 and 5 October 1877, pages 4d-5g-6f, 6d and 5e.
Information on the old Half-Way House on the Port Road at Woodville is in
the Observer,
2 March 1878, page 23f.
Information on the Grapes Inn is in the Express,
3 July 1878, page 2e.
A new hotel and shops on the site of the old Royal Hotel is discussed in
the Observer,
16 March 1878, page 20d.
A gas explosion at the Black Horse Hotel is reported in the Observer,
2 June 1878, page 11g.
A sketch of the Theatre Royal Hotel is in Frearson's Weekly,
13 July 1878, page 152,
of the Metropolitan Hotel on
20 July 1878, page 160,
of the Imperial Hotel on
27 July 1878, page 167,
Information on the White Hart Hotel is in the Express,
23 August 1878, page 2e,
26 November 1878, page 2f,
The News,
16 March 1927, page 10c.
A sketch is in Frearson's Weekly,
12 April 1879, page 65.
"Disorderly Houses" is in the Express,
11 January 1879, page 2c; also see
26 April 1879, page 2b.
A Welsh banquet at the Earl of Zetland Hotel on Saint David's Day is reported
in the Chronicle,
8 March 1879, page 4e (supp.).
Sketches of private buildings and a hotel erected by Mr Vaughan are in the Pictorial Australian in March 1879.
"A Temperance Hotel for Adelaide" is in the Express,
23 February 1880, page 3e; also see
Observer,
30 June 1894, page 30c.
An obituary of Samuel Morcom, a one-time proprietor, is in the Observer,
18 April 1891, page 28e.
"Unlawful and Suspicious Labels" is in the Express,
27 July 1880, page 2b.
Information on Cohen's Family Hotel is in the Observer,
21 February 1880, page 323b,
on the City Arms Hotel in the Register,
22 May 1880, page 5d,
Express,
13 September 1880, page 3c,
on the United Service Club Hotel in the Register,
9 September 1880, page 5b.
An entertaining article under the heading "Hotel Life in Adelaide" is in
the Register,
12 October 1882, page 6b.
Information on Hardy's Wine Saloon is in the Observer,
6 January 1883, page 37c.
Also see Place Names - Bankside.
"Disreputable Public Houses" is in the Register,
27 February 1883, page 6g,
7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 March 1883, pages 6b, 4e, 4d, 7f and 4f-6e.
"Public House Concert Halls" is in the Register,
20 March 1883, page 5b,
Observer,
31 March 1883, page 39c.
Licensing of hotel concert rooms is discussed in the Observer,
9 August 1884, page 36a,
Advertiser,
6 August 1884, page 6a,
"Entertainments in Public Houses" is in the Register,
16 and 18 February 1886, pages 5b and 7e.
Information on the Ship Inn is in the Register,
16 and 17 March 1883, pages 4d and 6g,
6 April 1883, page 5a.
Information on the Black Swan Hotel is in the Register,
17 July 1883, page 4g.
"SA Public Houses" is in the Register,
12 March 1884, page 4f.
An extension to the Tavistock Hotel is reported in the Register,
8 December 1884, page 6g;
it also has information on an earlier structure; also see
Express,
13 February 1885, page 2e.
"Dissolute Adelaide" is in the Register,
15 and 17 December 1884, pages 5g and 7c,
8 January 1885, page 7f.
Information on the Bristol Tavern and the Hampshire Hotel is in the Register,
13 April 1885, page 3g.
A fire at the Shakespeare Hotel is reported in the Express,
23 June 1886, page 7d.
The introduction of electricity into two hotels is discussed in the Express,
22 and 23 September 1886, pages 6g and 2c.
Also see Lighting the City.
"Hotels and the Jubilee Exhibition" is in the Register,
9 March 1887, page 4f.
Also see Exhibitions.
"Adelaide Hotel Accommodation" is in the Express,
25 June 1887, page 3e.
An "automatic drink dispenser" at the Metropolitan Hotel is discussed in
the Register,
2 July 1889, page 4h.
An exhibition of a "Monster Royal Bengal Tiger" at the Star Hotel is reported
in the Observer,
15 August 1891, page 41e.
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After the Indian mutiny of 1857 had been quelled, relief funds were started
all over the world and little Adelaide added a handsome quantum thereto,
the amount being greatly augmented by amateur dramatic and musical performances.
Just at this time a 'Monster Royal Bengal Tiger' was exhibited at the Star Hotel at the corner of Rosina Street, and many children were admitted to see it on payment of sixpence. This beautiful specimen, with an elephant I saw at Unley, near the Cremorne Hotel, I think constituted all that the people of Adelaide had the privilege of seeing in matters zoological in those days, and with the camel, which previously was the cause of the death of Mr Horrocks in the then so-called 'Far North', were perhaps the first cattle of their kind ever imported to South Australia.
The Sunday closing of hotels is discussed in the Observer,
2 January 1892, page 39b.
A stabbing affray at the Galatea Hotel is reported in the Express,
8 February 1892, page 3d; also see
19 February 1892, page 2d.
"Hotels and Clubs" is in the Advertiser,
14 March 1894, page 4f.
Information on the Windsor Castle Hotel is in the Advertiser,
15 June 1895, page 4h.
"Cases Against Publicans - Breaches of the Distillation Act" is in the Advertiser,
28 June 1895, page 10g.
Information on the Selborne Hotel is in the Advertiser,
5 January 1898, page 7g and
the Hamburg Hotel on
30 December 1898, page 3e,
The Critic,
27 September 1902, page 23 (photographs),
the Gresham Hotel in the Observer,
10 September 1898, page 15e,
the Provincial Hotel in the Express,
19 March 1883, page 3e,
Observer,
16 June 1900, page 29e.
"The Prince Alfred Hotel Balcony" is in the Register,
2 March 1898, page 3f; also see
24 October 1910, page 4e,
19 May 1914, page 6e.
"Historic Building Demolished" (Blenheim Hotel in Hindley Street) is in the Register;
20 July 1900, page 3i;
(a sketch is in the Mercury & SA Sporting Chronicle,
26 July 1851, page 976;
a "local" ghost is reported in the Express,
4 July 1867, page 2c;
historical information on the Clarendon Hotel is in the Register,
25 March 1914, page 8g,
9 November 1914, page 7f.
"Municipalising Hotels" is in the Advertiser,
14 October 1901, page 5c.
"Hotel Nomenclature" is discussed in the Register,
5 December 1902, page 4g:
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The Perseverance Hotel has a little history of its own. In the olden days an
inn rejoicing in the cognomen of Labour in Vain held out the sign showing
a washerwoman endeavouring, without success, to scrub the black out of a
nigger's boy skin. The enterprising proprietor of a newer building went one
better and put out a board entitled Perseverance in which that coon's colour
had given before the virtues of the brush and soap.
"A Fatal Quarrel" at the Eagle Tavern is in the Observer,
18 June 1898, page 29d.
Information on the Eagle Tavern and Stag Inn are in the Register,
10 and 14 January 1903, pages 9f and 4f,
Observer,
24 January 1903, page 25.
A fire at the Supreme Court Hotel is reported in the Register,
13 July 1898, page 7e.
The proposed change of name of the Provincial Hotel to "Mafeking" is reported
in the Observer,
16 June 1900, page 29e.
"Counter Lunches in Adelaide" is in the Register,
31 July 1903, page 4i,
23 February 1907, page 6h,
Advertiser,
10 and 14 May 1912, pages 7c and 11d; also see
Express,
29 May 1912, page 4b,
Register,
30 May 1912, page 9d,
3 September 1912, page 9g.
"Town Acres in Demand" is in the Register,
18 May 1907, page 9e - it describes buildings and two hotels (Criterion and
Imperial).
The jubilee of the Imperial Hotel is reported in the Register on
8 May 1919, page 4f and historical information on it on
12 December 1927, page 15c,
25 April 1928, page 11b,
8 December 1928, page 8h.
A history of the "Imperial Corner" is in the Advertiser,
23 August 1923, page 9a.
A photograph of the hotel is in the Chronicle,
1 April 1916, page 25.
The reminiscences of W.F. Campion, hotelier, are in the Observer,
27 October 1906, page 48a.
"At the Elephant and Castle" is in the Register,
15 January 1907, page 4g.
"Hotel and Restaurant Employes - A Story of Drudgery" is in the Advertiser,
1 February 1907, page 8a.
Information on the Criterion Hotel is in the Register,
18 May 1907, page 9e,
Observer,
25 May 1907, page 51e.
"Saturday Night Revelries - A Peep at the Pubs" is in the Register,
2 March 1908, page 5c.
"The Case of Mrs Noble [of the Union Hotel]" is in the Register,
14 March 1908, page 14g.
"People at Work - The Barman" is in the Register,
10 April 1908, page 6c.
"A Night Out for Drunks - Loose Administration of Liquor Laws" is in the Register,
13, 15 and 21 May 1908, pages 11f, 3i and 7h.
Information on the Bristol Hotel and Music Hall is in The Gadfly,
15 April 1908, page 12.
Information on suburban hotels is in the Express,
9 and 26 March 1909, pages 4g and 3g.
"Thirty-Seven Hotels Close Today" is in the Advertiser,
25 and 26 March 1909, pages 6f and 9h,
Register,
26 March 1909, page 4e.
"A Landmark Doomed [Metropolitan Hotel]" is in the Register,
6 April 1909, page 4e.
"Games in Hotels - Cards Not Allowed on Sundays" is in the Observer,
9 October 1909, page 50b.
"Sunday Trading Charge [Royal Oak]" is in the Register,
14 February 1914, page 16c.
Also see South Australia -
Religion - Breaking the Sabbath.
Information on the old and new John Bull Hotel is in the Register,
26 October 1909, page 4h.
"Reducing Hotels" is in the Register,
19 January 1910, page 6d,
"Attempt to Close Hotels" on
9 March 1910, page 6f.
"Alleged Whisky Frauds" is in the Register,
20 January 1911, page 4e.
"The Price of Beer" is in the Register,
7 April 1911, page 4e.
The aftermath of a fracas at the Gresham Hotel is discussed in the Register,
14 June 1911, pages 6e-8d.
Information on the Grand Central Hotel is in the Register,
3, 15 and 21 June 1911, pages 8, 9e (includes a photograph) and 8d.
The closure of the Grand Central Hotel is reported in the Register,
12 and 16 August 1924, pages 9c and 11b;
Advertiser,
14 September 1926, page 15e.
"East End 'Push' [East End Market] Hotel Held Up" is in the Register,
17 October 1911, page 4h.
"Hotel Bars and Cleanliness" is in the Register,
17 November 1911, page 9c.
"Barmen's Strike Threatened" is in the Register,
16, 17, 19 and 27 January 1912, pages 7c, 6e, 6a and 14f; also see
17 February 1912, page 13c,
"Liquor Trade Strike - Beer Shortage" on
20 and 23 February 1912, pages 5a and 4e.
"Close the Bars - What Religious Bodies Desire" is in the Register,
29 March 1912, page 5b.
The rescue of a woman from a disused well at the Royal Oak Hotel in Hindley
Street is reported in the Observer,
20 July 1912, page 41e.
Information on the Kalgoorlie Hotel is in The Mail,
24 August 1912, page 7b.
Biographical details of Carl Woltmann, hotelier, are in the Register,
1 November 1912, page 6h.
"Dearer Drinks" is in the Register,
16 November 1912, page 15b.
Information on the construction of the Lord Raglan Hotel is in the Register,
12 June 1913, page 6g,
Observer,
14 June 1913, page 34e.
"A Daring Burglar [at the Victoria Hotel]" is in the Observer,
2 August 1913, page 45a.
"A Modern Hotel [Tattersall's]" is in the Register,
18 December 1913, page 10f.
Information on The Southern Cross and Kalgoorlie Hotels is in The Mail,
24 August 1912, page 7b;
in respect of the former see Observer,
19 July 1879, page 7a,
27 March 1880, page 530d.
"Undesirable Hotels" is in the Observer,
28 March 1914, page 39e.
Reminiscences of hotels in Hindley Street are in the Register,
21 December 1914, page 6e and of the West End on
27 June 1916, page 4e; also see
18 November 1916, page 12c,
16 December 1916, page 5d,
20 March 1918, page 5c,
25 May 1918, page 10e (under the heading - "Encounter Bay in the Early Days"),
17 and 24 July 1919, pages 5d and 4d.
"The Publicans' Lament" is in the Express,
9 August 1906, page 3i,
"Who Should Measure the Whisky?" is in the Register,
9 August 1906, page 4g,
"Measuring the Whisky" in the Register,
1 January 1917, page 6e,
"Whisky by Measure" is in the Chronicle,
6 January 1917, page 17c.
"Nobbler System Adopted" is in the Register,
29 January 1920, page 6e,
3 February 1920, page 6e,
"New Nobbler - Whisky by Measure" is in The News,
3 December 1929, page 2d.
"A Prominent Hotel Keeper Interviewed [H. Paddon]" is in the Register,
18 March 1915, page 8e.
"Tenpenny Beer - First Day of Higher Prices" is in the Register,
24 May 1917, page 3h.
"Adelaide's New Fire-Proof Hostel - Over 360 Rooms" on the corner of North
Terrace and Blyth Street is described in The Mail,
13 September 1919, page 5a.
"Are There Too Many Hotels?" is in the Register,
6 and 20 March 1918, pages 6h and 12b,
"Hotels in Adelaide - Are There Too Many?" is in the Advertiser,
20 March 1918, page 9a.
"The Royal Hotel Tragedy" is in the Observer,
16 November 1918, page 18d.
"Dope Shops - Are There Many in Adelaide" is in the Observer,
28 December 1918, page 37e.
Hotels in Waymouth and Currie Streets in the early days are discussed in
the Register,
26 June 1919, page 5f,
3 July 1919, page 4d.
The closure of the Majestic Hotel is reported in the Register,
5 July 1919, page 8f.
"Closing of Hotels" is in the Register,
4 July 1919, page 6d,
3 September 1919, page 6d.
Information on the Red Lion Hotel is in the Register,
5 February 1920, page 5d,
on the Sportsman's Arms on
3 June 1920, page 5f,
on the Rose Inn on
16 September 1920, page 6 (includes a photo.).
The Southern Cross Hotels are discussed in the Register,
21 August 1919, page 5f and
the Oriental on
12 August 1920, page 9a,
14 October 1920, page 5a,
"The New Brecknock Hotel" on
19 July 1923, page 5c and
information on old hotels on
6 June 1924, page 9h.
The Oriental Hotel is discussed in the Register,
12 August 1920, page 9a,
14 October 1920, page 5a.
The sale of the United Services Club Hotel is reported in the Register,
29 July 1920, page 8g,
A photograph is in The Mail,
7 August 1920, page 11.
5 and 12 August 1920, pages 8-9b (includes photo.).
A fire is reported in the Observer,
29 April 1922, page 7d.
"Redundancy of Hotels" is in the Register,
28 and 29 October 1920, pages 9c and 7b.
"Too Many Hotels - Twelve Houses to be Closed" is in the Advertiser,
29 October 1920, page 7c; also see
1 March 1921, page 9c.
"Sensational Hotel Robbery" is in the Observer,
29 December 1923, page 44a.
"The Bottle Department of the Liquor Trade" is in the Register,
4 April 1924, page 6.
"Women in Hotels" is in the Register,
12 June 1925, pages 8f-9f.
Also see South Australia - Women.
A proposed city hotel "between the Adelaide Club and the Liberal Club" on
North Terrace is discussed in the Register,
10 September 1925, page 12c.
Information on the Hotel Adelaide is in The News,
2 November 1925, page 8f,
15 December 1925, page 11b,
25 January 1926, page 7d; also see
Register,
14 September 1926, page 9f,
The News,
19 October 1928, page 10c for information of the purchase by Shell Co Ltd.
"Master Hotel for Adelaide" is in The Mail,
23 January 1926, page 3f.
A proposal to build the Arcadia Hotel on the site of the Plough and Harrow
is reported in the Register,
19 May 1926, page 10d; also see
The News,
22 May 1926, page 3e,
The Sport,
16 July 1926, page 16e.
"Tragedy at Grosvenor" is in the Observer,
27 March 1926, page 43c,
3 and 10 April 1926, pages 28a and 46a,
5 June 1926, page 27d.
Information on Harry Gepp, "An Ideal Host", is in the Advertiser,
29 May 1926, page 15f.
The reminiscences of Rev F. Slaney Poole are in the Observer,
10 July 1926, page 17c.
"Adelaide's Vanishing Hotels" is in The Mail,
11 September 1926, page 1a,
"Romance of South Australian Hotels - Novelties in Nomenclature" on
26 March 1927, page 4c.
"A Legal Obstruction" is in the Register,
14 September 1926, page 8e.
"Hotel Values" is in The News,
12 May 1927, page 17c.
"Stopping Hotel Betting" is in the Register,
16 November 1927, page 9a; also see
14 and 21 December 1927, pages 9a and 9g,
7, 16 and 19 March 1928, pages 11a, 9f and 11h,
28 April 1928, page 3a and City Streets
- Gambling.
"New Residential Hotel for Adelaide" (Grenfell, formerly the General Gordon)
is in the Advertiser,
13 December 1928, page 16f; also see
The Mail,
22 December 1928, page 14e.
A proposal to build a hotel on the site of the Old Legislative Council building
is traversed in the Register,
17 December 1928, page 10d.
"Where Adelaide Men Lunch" is in The News,
4 July 1929, page 18d.
"Strange Names of Hotels - Little Originality in South Australia" is in The
News,
11 July 1929, page 11a.
Information on the Green Dragon Hotel Cricket Club is in the Register,
6 November 1929, page 9b.
"Seven-Story Structure to Replace the Terminus" is in The Mail,
11 January 1930, page 11c.
Information on the Greasy Spoon Hotel is in The Mail,
20 June 1931, page 23d.
An alleged origin of the term "butcher" is brought forward in the Advertiser,
13 September 1934, page 17b and rebutted on
19 September 1934, page 21b when it is said:
-
In the 'seventies slaughtermen from T. Ballantyne's butcher shop on the opposite
side [of the Norfolk Arms in Rundle Street] used to come in for a drink and
I often exclaimed "here they come for the "butchers"".
(Also see Register,
15 May 1886, page 7f,
The News,
28 July 1923, page 4e.
14 and 19 February 1935, pages 17b and 17b.
"Curious Names of Hotels" is in The News,
14 January 1936, page 4f.
The nomenclature of the Maid and Magpie Hotel is explained in the Advertiser,
8 April 1936, page 25b.
Information on the Hotel Rundle is in The Mail,
23 November 1935, page 22c.
"Adelaide's Very Old Hotels" is in the Advertiser,
18 July 1936, page 15c.
"Rock Tavern - Roadhouse of the Fifties" is in the Chronicle,
22 April 1937, page 47 - it includes information on Isaac Gepp.
Obituaries
An obituary of C. Lewin, hotelier, is in the Register,
19 November 1866, page 2f,
of Robert Hall of the Gresham Hotel on
20 August 1866, page 2e.
An obituary of H.L. Schrader, hotelier, is in the Register,
23 February 1880, page 5a,
of Thomas Candler, hotelier, on
12 October 1883, page 4g,
of John Martin, hotelier and grocer, on
6 March 1888, page 5a,
of James Campbell, hotelier, on
2 October 1894, page 5c,
of W.E. Ford, of the York Hotel, on
21 November 1898, page 4g.
An obituary of David Lithgow, hotelier, is in the Register,
13 August 1889, page 4h,
of Hermann Delmann, hotelier, on
26 January 1889, page 5a,
of John Coxell in the Register,
12 November 1890, page 4h,
Observer,
15 November 1890, page 30d,
of J.R. Murray on
6 December 1890, page 7d,
of Alfred Hubble on
19 March 1892, page 31c,
of H.W. Buckerfield on
16 March 1895, page 30b,
of James Pinchbeck, hotelier, on
17 April 1897, page 28d,
of John Deeney, hotelier, on
24 July 1897, pages 16d-30e,
of Mrs Fanny Ware on
9 April 1898, page 30a.
An obituary of Robert Rooney, hotelier, is in the Register,
25 July 1892, page 5a,
of William Blinman, hotelier, on
3 January 1893, page 4g,
of William Garrett, hotelier, on
7 and 8 January 1895, pages 4h and 7e.
An obituary of Robert Rooney, landlord of the Eagle Tavern, is in the Observer, 30 July 1892, page 34b.
An obituary of J.S. Crocker, hotelier, is in the Register,
22 March 1894, page 5b,
of E. Barrett, hotelier, on
11 April 1894, page 5b.
An obituary of H.W.J. Burdon, hotelier, is in the Register,
30 May 1902, page 7a,
of B.D. Roennfeldt, hotelier, on
12 December 1902, page 5b,
of Mrs Anne Trevorah, hotelier, on
14 January 1905, page 4i,
of T.J. Barrett, hotelier, on
11 March 1905, page 5a.
Obituaries of Mrs Frances Morris and Robert Hyman, hoteliers, are in the Observer,
26 December 1903, pages 33a and 33a,
of George Flecker on
13 February 1909, page 40a.
An obituary of Walter Brown is in the Observer,
6 August 1904, page 34e,
of Anne Trevorah on
21 January 1905, page 34d,
of T.J. Barrett on
18 May 1905, page 34d,
of Peter Francis on
10 February 1906, page 38c,
of F.W.A. Klauer,
of the White Hart Hotel, on
25 August 1906, page 38c,
of W. Vowles Brown on
8 April 1911, page 41b,
of Joseph Downing on
29 July 1911, page 41a,
of Henry Lewis on
26 August 1911, page 41b,
of J.P. Landvogt on
24 February 1912, page 41b,
of George Martin on
13 July 1912, page 41a.
An obituary of Walter Brown, hotelier, is in the Register,
1 August 1904, page 4g,
of Peter Francis, hotelier, on
2 February 1906, page 5b,
of F.W.A. Klauer, landlord of the White Hart Hotel, on
18 August 1906, page 7e.
An obituary of George Flecker, hotelier, is in the Register, 8 February 1909, page 4g.
An obituary of Miss Mary McEnhell, licensee of the Castle Inn, Hindley Street, is in the Observer, 30 October 1909, page 40a.
An obituary of Henry Lewis, hotelier, is in the Register,
23 August 1911, page 4g,
of J.W. Robert, hotelier, on
3 May 1915, page 6h,
of Mrs Lucy A. Oldham, hotelier, on
22 September 1917, page 6g,
of B.W. Richards, hotelier, on
1 October 1917, page 4g,
of Joseph Richardson, hotelier, on
9 August 1919, page 9b,
of Michael P. Dowdy, hotelier, on
25 February 1924, page 8g,
of Nicholas F. Farrell, hotelier, on
11 June 1927, page 14a.
An obituary of Mrs Coward is in the Observer,
10 May 1913, page 41a,
of W.F. Campion on
9 August 1913, page 41e,
of J.W. Probert on
8 May 1915, page 46a,
of Joseph Richardson on
16 August 1919, page 12e,
of John Whallin on
1 July 1922, page 20b,
of M.P. Dowdy on
1 March 1924, page 45e,
of H.V. Moyle on
23 May 1925, page 9d,
of Mrs Eliza J. Dreyer on
2 October 1926, page 20b,
of Edwin Wiedenbach on
7 May 1927, page 11b.
Lodging Houses
"Overcrowded Lodging (Boarding) Houses" is in the Express,
10 April 1876, page 2c,
Observer,
5 February 1876, page 4d; also see
6 January 1877, page 13e.
Register,
2 January 1877, pages 4d-5f,
Information on Adelaide's lodging houses is in the Advertiser,
20 March 1877, page 4c,
"The Lodging-House Act" is in the Express,
9 May 1878, page 3e,
"Lodging House Swindlers" in the Express,
28 August 1879, page 3b,
18 September 1879, page 2c,
"Model Lodging Houses" in the Observer,
8 May 1880, page 764e; also see
Express,
13 June 1882, page 2b,
21 August 1883, page 2d,
21 September 1883, page 2b.
Information on Adelaide's lodging houses is in the Advertiser, 20March 1877, page 4c.
"The Regulation of Lodging Houses" is in the Register,
14 July 1877, page 4e,
Observer,
11 August 1877, page 18e,
"The Lodging-House Act" is in the Register,
15 November 1877, page 4f,
Express,
9 May 1878, page 3e,
"Lodgings" in the Register,
22 August 1878, page 5e,
"Lodging-Houses" on
4 March 1879, page 4d.
"The Lodging House Act" is in the Register, 9 July 1879, page 4e.
"Lodging House Swindlers" is in the Express,
28 August 1879, page 3b,
18 September 1879, page 2c,
Register,
29 August 1879, page 5b,
4 September 1879, page 5a,
"Model Lodging Houses" in the Observer,
8 May 1880, page 764e; also see
Register,
13 June 1882, page 5b,
10 July 1882, page 4f,
Express,
13 June 1882, page 2b,
21 August 1883, page 2d,
21 September 1883, page 2b.
A poem titled "Board and Residence" is in The Lantern, 20 March 1886, page 19.
