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The original Royal George Hotel was built in 1912 by G.L. Bury, and was one of the first main hotel establishments on the Sunshine Coast. After a horrendous fire which hit Nambour Curry Street in 1924, the building was rebuilt. In the mid-1950s another blaze took on the second floor, and the whole structure was rebuilt in the style it is to be seen as today. Over the years, the RGH has been known in the region as the friendly pub, the Worker Man's Hotel (cane cutters, mill workers...). The Royal George Hotel always has been and still is an iconic landmark for the town of Nambour. The Royal George Hotel has been family owned and operated since the year 2000 by the Laing family. Known over the years and throughout the Sunshine Coast for their generosity, sponsoring many junior sporting teams and events, as well as senior sporting clubs, the Laing family's motto has never changed: "Buy Local, Support Local". Source: www.thergh.com.au/about#:~:text=The%20original%20Royal%20....

The making of a town produces many memories and Nambour's landmark Club Hotel was originally the site of the Residential Hotel, built in 1911 as a timber saloon that provided accommodation only. The hotel was re-named the Club Hotel in 1912 when a liquor license was granted. The hotel was remodeled in the 1920s and destroyed by fire on January 7, 1938, in a blaze that decimated half of the town. The present Club Hotel building was erected on the same site in December 1938. The building was architecturally designed with cement walls. For Currie St and the wider Nambour community, this building has stood as an important part of Near North Coast history in the heritage sugar town. It has been the gatekeeper to memories of the iconic cane train crossing the nearby main street where the tracks still remain today. Today, this lovely old pub building houses an exceptional surfboard collection with an impressive array of rare and iconic boards lining the walls. This collection includes the large timber planks of the early 1900s as well as the more modern fiberglass boards of the 1960s and current times. In this collection there is a replica of the surfboard used by Duke Kahanamoku, a true Hawaiian hero and one of the world's greatest surfing watermen, when he first visited Australia and gave a surfing exhibition at Sydney`s Freshwater Beach on December 23, 1914. This is widely regarded as the most significant day in the development of surfing in Australia. The building and surfboard collection opened with a completed renovation of the floor that had previously been vacant for more than 10 years. Source: www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/lan...

Hotel Tully, on Queensland’s Cassowary Coast, has hit the market amid increasing interest in tourism-laden regional assets. Commonly known as the ‘Top Pub’, Hotel Tully was built in 1926 and is considered a local landmark, with direct frontage to main road Butler street, exposed to vehicles and pedestrians. Its 2,224sqm lot enjoys dual street access and connectivity to the Bruce Highway. The town of Tully is situated along the Great Green Way, between Cairns and Townsville, around 1,500 kilometers northwest of Brisbane. It is surrounded by a veritable flock of tourist attractions, including the Tully Heritage Trail, Golden Gumboot, Hearts Full of Hope Statue, Tully Sugar Mills & Tours, Mount Tyson, Alligators Nest, Tully Gorge & Falls, White Water Rafting, and the Murray Falls. Source: pubtic.com.au/hotel-tully-hits-hot-queensland-market/

Known as a "Top Pub" and heritage listed. Source: www.cassowarycoast.qld.gov.au/downloads/file/2724/2020031...

Interesting discussion of Dr. Decarie here groups.yahoo.com/group/MediainMontreal/message/22248 See also Jacques Lacoursière's Histoire populaire du Québec: 1896 à 1960, p.259 for the connection with Arcand.