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Wills'
Hotel
formerley known as
Mackay Hotel, Royal Hotel.
Was located on the North-eastern
corner of Victoria Street and Sydney Street,
Andrew Henderson was the first owner of the property and established a
general store on the site. He also established the first hotel on the
site, the "Mackay Hotel". Thomas Read was the next
licensee on site of the first "Royal Hotel" which was
then transferred to Jane Cook. In 1870, Korah Wills arrived in
Mackay and the name changed to "Wills' Hotel".
Mrs Cook built another Royal Hotel in Sydney Street a few doors up
towards the Pioneer River. The original hotel building was destroyed by
fire on February 21, 1889. A new brick building reopened on November 1,
1889. The hotel was described in 1907 as being the only brick hotel in
Mackay.
The Hotel ceased trading on Saturday, February 1, 1964 as the property
was to be sold for commercial development and renamed Kumara House. (DM
26/2/2000). The present building houses a number of commercial
businesses and has been extensively modified over the years.
Wills' Hotel circa 1870's
A busy Sydney Street with Wills' Hotel on the corner circa early
1930's.
A quieter street
scene with Wills' Hotel on the corner circa mid 1940's.
List of Publicans
| (as Mackay) |
|
| 1864-1865 |
Andrew
HENDERSON (QHPI) |
| (as Royal ) |
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| 1864-1865 |
Thomas READ (QHPI) |
| 1865-1869 |
Jane COOK (QGG),
(QHPI) |
| 1869-1870 |
Jas. COOK (QHPI) |
| 1870 |
Korah
Halcombe WILLS
(QHPI) |
| (as Wills') |
name changed in
1870 (QHPI) |
| 1870-1874 |
Korah
Halcombe WILLS
(QHPI) |
| 1874-1879 |
Charles
Robert DUTAILLIS (QHPI) |
| 1879-1880 |
George Page
MARSH (QHPI) |
| 1880-1882 |
Korah
Halcombe WILLS
(QHPI) |
| 1882-1884 |
Herbert GARDNER
(QHPI) |
| 1884-1885 |
George JENKINS
(QHPI) |
| 1885-1888 |
H.W. JOHNSON (QGG),
(QHPI) |
| 1887-1888 |
Edmund DIMMOCK
(QGG), (QHPI) |
| 1888-1889 |
Edward.
MOCKRIDGE (QGG), (QHPI) |
| 1894-1896 |
Edmund DIMMOCK
(QGG), (QHPI) |
| 1896-1900 |
N.C. MORTHENSEN
(QGG), (QHPI), (QPOD) |
| 1899-1904 |
A.R. WHITE (QGG),
(QHPI), (SLQA) |
| 1905 |
Edward HANNAN (QGG) |
| 1906-1908 |
Charles
FROGGATT (QGG), (SLQA) |
| 1909 |
Thomas McGUIRE
(QGG) |
| 1910 |
Hans Christian
PETERSEN (QGG), (QSA1) |
| 1910-1914 |
George Herbert
Henry ALEXANDER (QGG), (QSA1), (QSA2) |
| 1914-1916 |
John Thomas
MILLARD (QSA2) |
| 1916-1922 |
George
Bergen FAY (QSA2), (QSA3), (QSA4) |
| 1922-1924 |
John Joseph
NOONAN (QSA4), (QSA5), (QSA6) |
| 1924-1925 |
Thomas MALPASS
(QSA6) |
| 1925-1927 |
James Alexander
LOVE (QSA6), (QSA7) |
| 1927-1935 |
Hugh John
HAMILTON (QSA7), (QSA8), (QSA9), (QSA10), (QSA11) |
| 1935 |
S.B. Wright and
Wright executors of will of Hugh John HAMILTON deceased
(QSA11) |
| 1936-1944 |
Bridget
HAMILTON (QPOD) |
| 1944-1946 |
Mabel SMITH (JB),
(QPOD) |
| 1947 |
M. J. LINSKEY (QPOD) |
| 1949 |
G. J. PLUMB (QPOD) |
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