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Queensland Hoteliers 1912

Proprietor:
W Crust
Location:
BARCALDINE
Name of Hotel or Boarding House:
Shakespeare’s Hotel
Population:
1787
Description of location:
On the Central Railway line 361 miles west from Rockhampton. A prosperous town in an important pastoral district. Town supplied with excellent water from artesian bores. The bore water has valuable medicinal properties including relief from rheumatism. Irrigation has enabled the streets to be planted with shade trees which have grown to great perfection. District suited for fruit growing.
Rate Per Day:
4/- to 10/-
Rate Per Week:
20/- to 42/-
Persons accommodated:
40
Year:
1912
Source:
Hotel & boarding house directory Queensland 1912