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Albion
Hotel
This hotel was located on
Northern bank of Bakers Creek at intersection of Bold and Dutton
Streets. O'Shea's Hotel presently occupies the site
The Albion Hotel was built in 1872. Dame Nellie Melba when she was just
Nellie Armstrong sang at the Hall in the 1880's. Norman Hiram Smith owned the Albion
Hotel from 1947-1958. (JB)
The hotel was destroyed by fire on Wednesday, April 15, 1964. The eight
people in the hotel, including three children escaped only minutes
before it became a blazing inferno (DM. 26/2/2000). The present O'Sheas
Hotel-Motel was built on site in 1964.
Albion Hotel and Hall circa early
1960's (Cook collection, Greenmount Homestead no: 84-6936)
Albion Hotel fully ablaze, 15 April
1964 (Mackay Historical Society no: 05-2153a)
Albion Hotel the ruins on the morning
after (Mackay Historical Society no: 05-2153e)
List of Publicans
| 1872-1873 |
Archibald
McDONALD (QHPI p.8) |
| 1873-1879 |
Barbara
McDONALD (QHPI p.8),(QHPI p.345), (QGG) |
| 1880-1882 |
William LOBIE
(QHPI) (QHPI p.285) |
| 1883-1901 |
Barbara
McDONALD (QHPI p.8),(QHPI p.345), (QGG) |
| 1901-1908 |
James PASCOE (QGG) |
| 1909-1910 |
Frode Ludwig
Sigmund JORGENSEN (QSA1), (QGG) |
| 1910-1912 |
James Matthew
PASCOE (QSA1), (QGG) |
| 1912 |
Thomas DYMOND
(QSA1) |
| 1912-1914 |
Mrs W.H.
(Annie) DEE (QSA1), (QSA2), (QGG) |
| 1914-1915 |
Thomas SYMONDS
(QSA2) |
| 1915-1921 |
James PASCOE (QSA2),
(QSA3), (QSA4) |
| 1921-1922 |
Herbert T.W.
PEACOCK (QSA4) |
| 1922-1925 |
Diana Frances
SHEPHERD (QSA4), (QSA5), (QSA6) |
| 1925 |
John Ernest
WHITE (QSA6) |
| 1927-1930 |
George E. ADAMS
(QSA7), (QSA8) |
| 1930-1935 |
Archibald
Maltravers BRIDGER (QSA8), (QSA9), (QSA10), (QSA11) |
| 1937-1944 |
Talbot W.
BOLGER (QPOD) |
| 1945 |
Robert J.
STONEHAM (QPOD) |
| 1946 |
Harold K.
EDDINGTON (QPOD) |
| 1947-1949 |
Oswald J.
PITMAN (QPOD) |
| 1954-1958 |
Norman Hiram
SMITH (JB) |
| 1957-1964 |
Darcy O'SHEA |
If you can supply any further information or photographs
on the above please contact us by EMAIL.
Mackay
Historical Society
© Mackay Historical Society and Museum
Incorporated 2001-2009.
page created 22 January 2009.
last updated 01 February, 2009
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Site maintained by Glen
Hall.
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