The recent heatwave, summer and the festive season has me thinking of long cool drinks and how the thirsty European settlers, who generally came from cold climates, coped in the hot summers of North Eastern Victoria after a day of back breaking work.Many sources agree most of the early settlement was on the north side of the river as that was where the first European settlement of the British Colo...
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Wangaratta’s pubs: part one
LANDMARK: This photo C 1900 depicts the glorious high Victorian elegance of Pasquan's Commercial Hotel on the corner of Murphy and Reid streets. The licensee is the Savings Bank of Victoria whose sign is on Murphy Street. The style is high Victorian and the veranda columns, wrought iron lace work and hanging lamps on upper and lower levels hung at intervals. Note the gas street lamp.
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