WARD'S TURF HOTEL

See also: Ward's Theatre Royal, 1870s Theatre

 

Ward's Turf Hotel, 1872

Mayne Street Gulgong, looking west.

Source: SLNSW

Michael Ward was licensee of Turf Hotel. Attached to the rear of this hotel was the Theatre Royal, and at one time it was managed by Miss Joey Gougenheim, a name in Gulgong theatre circles.

Source: Information supplied by Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (July 2006)

Ward's Turf Hotel, 1872
Mayne Street Gulgong, looking east.

Source: SLNSW

NEWS ITEMS

1873 - Positive and Unreserved Sale
Valuable Freehold Property
ANNUAL RENTAL £200
WARD’S TURF HOTEL
AND Theatre Royal

PLUNKETT & CO. HAVE received instructions from Mr. M. WARD [who is about to leave for England] to sell by auction at their Office, Queen Street on SATURDAY the 22 Instant at 2.30 p.m.

The TURF HOTEL, together with the Freehold Allotment of land upon which the same is erected.

The premises are not let on lease to a respectable tenant at four pounds per week, free of all taxes.

The Hotel contains:—

BAR

10 BEDROOMS

2 PARLOURS and

LARGE BILLIARD ROOM

Attached to the Hotel is the substantially built

THEATRE ROYAL

100 feet long by 30 feet wide, comfortably fitted up to seat 800 persons.

The Out Premises Consist of a large and commodious Kitchen and Store-rooms, the whole being in keeping the adjuncts of a first class establishment.

The Auctioneers invite special attention to this IMPORTANT and BONA FIDE SALE, which affords Capitalists an opportunity of making a safe and profitable investment. Terms at Sale

Source: GULGONG MINER, 29 November 1873