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easons for the change of venue can be found in the history of the latter
establishment, discussed at 5.2.3.
5.2.2 The Albert Hotel
The Albert Hotel probably dates from March 1882, when a publican's
license was granted to Patrick Frances Kenny for a public house called the
Albert. The nucleus of the present structure probably also dates from that
period, as Post Office records from 1882 refer to the presence of three
stone and one iron hotel in the town. On December 27, 1882 the publican's
license for the Albert was transferred to Samuel Penrose, but the site of
the hotel, which is on Section 2 Lot 7 was granted to George Blore on
December 8, 1885 (NSWRG1). Photograph 4 shows The Albert Hotel
probably at the time Penrose was licensee. Blore may have incorporated
the site of an early corrugated iron hotel structure into the extended stone
Albert Hotel. In 1890 the land was still in the possession of George Blore,
who in that year was making some improvements. The Tibooburra
Telegraph (November 4, 1890:3) reported these as follows:
'Go It George
'At the rear of the A1bert Hotel, Milparinka a stone building is being erected
which upon enquiry we find is intended to accommodate race horses for
the coming meeting. The building, when completed, will comprise four
spacious horse boxes and a loft overhead for horse feed. The Christmas
meeting of the Milparinka Turf Club takes place at the Milparinka
Racecourse on Friday and Saturday 26th and 27th of December next.
Good prizes are offered and those hearsay men owning nags that are fleet
of foot should peruse the Club's advertisement appearing elsewhere, when
no doubt many will be well repaid for so doing.'
By June 1893 William Baker was proprietor of the Albert, with 'good
accommodation for visitors, first class billiard table, best brands only of
wines, ales, spirits, cigars etc., good stabling and loose boxes - horse feed
always on hand.' (Sturt Recorder, June 2, 1893:1).
Baker appeared in court charged with retailing from licensed premises and
six months later sold his interest to 'Mr. Robert Kelly, erstwhile of Messrs
Cobb and Co's Telegraph Line of Coaches' and 'embarked', as already
mentioned, 'in the business of storekeeping and butchering' (Sturt
Recorder, May 11, 1894:2). Robert Kelly added 'good paddock
accommodation' to the claimed attributes of the Albert Hotel(Sturt
Recorder, April 5, 1895:2).
Kelly did not abandon his coaching associations, taking up the business of
agent for the mail coaches upon the resignation of Selmar Heuzenroder in
August 1895 (Sturt Recorder, August 16,1895). The agency for Kidman
and Nicholas (Cobb and Co.) Coaches, who were also the mail
contractors, remained with the Albert and may have contributed to the