Stag Hotel, Learmonth, Victoria

Stag Hotel, Leamonth, Victoria

The Stag Hotel has been closely associated with the early history of Learmonth. It is the second oldest hotel in the Ballarat district, the oldest being Craig's Hotel (originally known as Bath's Hotel). The Stag Hotel was established in 1854, the first licence being granted to a Mr. Mackenzie, and the licence was held by a member of the Mackenzie family continuously for 68 years; surely a record for any hotel in Victoria.

Barwon Hotel, Winchelsea, Australia

Barwon Hotel, Winchlesea

Winchelsea is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is in the Surf Coast Shire local government area and located on the Barwon River 115 km south-west of Melbourne and close to Geelong (37 km north-east).

The Barwon Hotel sits on the banks of the Barwon River, next to the historic bluestone bridge in the centre of Winchelsea. The Barwon Hotel itself is a historic building, being one of the earliest constructions when the town was founded next to the Barwon river crossing.

The town developed around the Barwon Inn (hotel), established in 1842 by Prosper Nicholas Trebeck and Charles Beal. The Post Office opened as Barwon on 1 July 1848 and was renamed Winchelsea in 1854.

Winchelsea Tavern

The 'Winch'

The Winchelsea Hotel has a lot of history. In 1852 the site of the Winchelsea Hotel formed part of one of the earliest subdivisions of this historic township.

The Hotel building appears to have been first constructed in late 1864 for Timothy Hardyman. Until c.1873, the Hotel also operated as a store, with stables being part of the complex until at least 1903.

Mary Considine was owner and occupier of the Hotel in 1913. Her Victorian style building was clad in Oregon block work, remnants of which have been used inside the Hotel in a re-creation of the Considine era façade.

A rear outbuilding which is virtually unchanged since its construction c.1920, currently serves as the Hotel’s Function Room.
In the late 1920’s a large part of the original building was destroyed by fire. However it wasn’t until the 1930’s and 40’s that alterations and additions gave the Hotel subtle Art Deco overtones

Few changes were made to the building until a long and extensive overhaul of the Winchelsea Hotel began in 2005.

Inverleigh Hotel, Victoria

Inverleigh Hotel

Inverleigh is a small rural township in Victoria, Australia located 28 kilometres (17 mi) west from the City of Geelong and 87 kilometres (54 mi) from the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2006 census, Inverleigh had a population of 562.

Very little has been recorded of the original inhabitants of the area. The few records available are reports of conflict. In the summer of 1837-38 a band of aborigines attacked the lower station of the Clyde Company (near Lullote) with two aborigines being killed and another injured and in 1839 George Russell reported natives sheep duffing.
It has been speculated that the first European to arrive in Inverleigh was William Buckley, but the first European known to have visited Inverleigh was the surveyor J.H. Wedge who arrived in 1835, probably naming the Leigh River after his Tasmanian farm 'Leighlands'.

The hotel was built about 1860, but was never formally named, it has always been known as the 'Inverleigh Hotel'.


Today, the town has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League.
The town also has a lawn bowling club with one synthetic green.
Golfers play at the course of the Inverleigh Golf Club on Common Road.
The railway station is closed to passengers, being a siding on the line between Melbourne and Adelaide. Inverleigh is 104 kilometres (65 mi) from Melbourne by rail.

Railway Hotel, Bannockburn, Victoria.

 

BANNOCKBURN 

Bannockburn is a thriving rural township near Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 93 km south west of Melbourne

The township grew around the railway station, the Railway Hotel, and a Post Office (Leigh Road Railway Station) opened on May 18, 1863 (and renamed Leigh Road (1873), Wabdallah (1875) and finally Bannockburn (1892). The hotel is adjacent to the railway station.

The hotel has been extensively refurbished over recent years, and now offer a family friendly environment.

Meredith Hotel, Meredith, Victoria

Meredith, Victoria

Known as the ' top' pub, the Meredith was the original pub in the town. Even though, not being on the main Geelong/Ballarat road, as is the Royal Hotel, the Meredith still attracts the local locals. The fact that two hotels can operate in a small community is a credit to the publicans of both hotels.

Royal Hotel, Meredith, Victoria

Meredith, Victoria

Meredith is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on the Midland Highway between Ballarat and Geelong.

 At the 2006 census, Meredith had a population of only 1,118 that are mostly farmers, but have two operating pubs 500 metres apart. 

How good is that!

 Meredith.....Where men are men , and boys are boys.