Mundaring Weir Hotel

Hotel in 2012

Mundaring Weir Hotel, is located in Mundaring, Western Australia.

It is located adjacent to the formation of the former branch line to the weir - the Mundaring Weir Railway on a hill to the north, and above Mundaring Weir.

It was previously known as the Reservoir Hotel [1][2], then the Goldfields Weir Hotel,[3][4][5] has been in the area since 1898. It was a crucial location where O'Connor stayed regularly during the construction of the weir.

In the 1910s and 1920s due to the functioning railway access, it was regularly advertised as a weekender location.[6] [7]

After a period of decline followed the closure of the branch railway in the early 1950s as well as the gradual reduction of staff and employees of the weir,[8] and gradual reduction in forestry operations over time.[9]

The current owner, Jens Jorgensen who bought it in 1984.[10] It has been the location of annual concerts which included David Helfgott concerts during and after his recovered career as concert pianist.[5]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "MUNDARING SCHOOL.". The West Australian. 14, (3,961). Western Australia. 8 November 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Mundaring Weir Railway.". The Swan Express. IV, (10). Western Australia. 6 February 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ HRRC (1922), Goldfields Weir Hotel, Mundaring, licensee G. Chiavi, retrieved 22 July 2017
  4. ↑ Western Australia. Government Photographer (1928), Goldfields Weir hotel, Mundaring, retrieved 22 July 2017
  5. 1 2 History of the Mundaring Weir Hotel www.mundaringweirhotel.com.au (accessed 1 April 2006)
  6. ↑ "MUNDARING WEIR HOTEL.". The Daily News. XXXVII, (13,661). Western Australia. 14 December 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "MUNDARING WEIR HOTEL.". The Daily News. XLI, (14,664). Western Australia. 13 March 1922. p. 6 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ the raising the weir in the late 40s and 50s saw a population come and go of workers - see Hartley, Richard G (2007), River of steel : a history of the Western Australian Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply 1895-2003, Access Press, ISBN 978-0-86445-196-5
  9. ↑ Menck, Clare; Carrick, Stephen; Mundaring and Hills Historical Society (issuing body.); Western Australia. Water Corporation (2013), Mundaring Weir forestry settlement, 1923-2011 : a history of community life and work, Mundaring, WA Mundaring & Hill Historical Society, retrieved 23 July 2017
  10. ↑ Bush, Fiona; Griffiths, Philip; Jorgensen, Jens; Heritage Council of Western Australia (2005), Conservation plan for Mundaring Weir Hotel, Mundaring Weir, distributed by Heritage Council of WA], retrieved 22 July 2017

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