Here you will find a collection of bits and pieces, including short 'eBooks' (usually .pdfs) that might interest anyone interested in pubs and pub culture in South Australia, brewing and distilling etc. Most will be previously unpublished or at least not easily accessible. Many are 'scrapbooks' for particular pubs or topics: collections of newspaper cuttings, advertisements, photographs, maps and other miscellany, arranged more or less chronologically but otherwise not intended to impose a particular point of view. Others are 'guides', typically annotated maps of the locations of historic pubs or single 'page' guides for pub crawls around historic pubs. Some, especially the 'scrapbooks', will be updated periodically. Unless otherwise noted, all original content is copyrighted to Craig Hill. However all can be freely downloaded and distributed for non-commercial purposes.

Coming next: the Hindmarsh Historic Pub-Crawl

The North Adelaide Historic Pub-crawl [Map/guide] Reflecting its early colonial occupation, by the early 1880s North Adelaide boasted 18 pubs, the buildings of 13 of which survive, 10 of them licensed (in 2023). One of them, the "British Tavern", is one of the earliest continuously licensed public house in South Australia (December 1837). The pub-crawl poses some interesting questions: why were there no pubs on the western side of 'upper' North Adelaide (or why was the license for the proposed North Adelaide Hotel ['16'] refused in 1881)? Why did three of the pubs relocate just across the road? Why were pubs still being built in the 1880s and by whom? And so on. The North Adelaide Historic Pub-crawl is printable as A4 or A3 pages and can be freely downloaded for non-commercial purposes. Download in new window ; approx 7MB. Refer also to the North Adelaide miscellany page for photographs etc related to the pub-crawl The Bowden & Brompton Historic Pub-crawl [Map/guide] This self-guided pub-crawl is a response to the gentrification of Bowden and Brompton as well as a companion to the planned Hindmarsh Historic Pub-crawl. The Bowden & Brompton Historic Pub-crawl is printable as A4 or A3 pages and can be freely downloaded for non-commercial purposes. Download in new window ; very large: approx 35MB. The York Hotel [Scrapbook] The York Hotel on the corner of Rundle and Pulteney Streets and now long since demolished - and replaced by a car park - was the grand old lady of East End pubs. It was first licensed in 1849 and its successor, the Grand Central Hotel, closed effectively in 1924. Over these 75 years, through extensions and rebuilding, the face of the York changed probably more than any other pub in Adelaide, reflecting the changing roles of hotels and the social changes that fueled them. The changing faces of the York Hotel, Rundle Street illustrates the evolution of the York Hotel, from Miss Bathgate's boarding house in 1839 to the Grand Central Hotel until 1924. It can be freely downloaded for non-commercial purposes. Download in new window ; large file, approx 40MB. The East End (of Adelaide) historic pub crawl [Guide] Adelaide's historic 'East End' - the area between Pulteney Street and East Terrace and between North Terrace and Pirie Street in the north-eastern corner of the City of Adelaide - has been home to thirteen licensed public houses. The first, the Woodman, was built and licensed in 1839 and the most recent, in 1910, was the Grand Central Hotel, previously the York. Of the thirteen pubs, five have survived as more-or-less traditional pubs (a good basis for a pub-crawl) plus one now more as a cocktail bar. The futures of two are uncertain and five have succumbed to urban development. Now more than ever it is important that we appreciate the historical importance of the remaining pubs. The East End Historic Pub-crawl is printable as A4 or A3 pages and can be freely downloaded for non-commercial purposes. Download in new window ; approx 5MB. Historic pub-crawls at Encounter Bay [Guide] Through the pubs, these self-guided pub-crawls for the historic pubs of Victor Harbor, Port Elliot and Goolwa address the history of one of the earliest white settlements in South Australia outside of Adelaide and reminds us that Encounter Bay was one of the first mass tourist destinations in the State. Its pubs reflect this relatively long and rich history and Encounter Bay's connections to the sea and whaling, the River Murray and to the railway and tourism. Victor Harbor historic pub-crawl (8MB) Port Elliot historic pub-crawl (10MB) Click on the images to download the individual guides, printable as a single A4 or A3 page. Goolwa historic pub-crawl (11MB) South Australian Brewing Company and the "West End" Brewery - a rough chronology To mark the closure of the "West End" brewery at Southwark/Thebarton, a rough chronology highlighting some of the more significant developments in the history of the South Australian Brewing Company. Downloadable in a new window as a single A4 or A3 'page'; large, high resolution (approx 20MB) or smaller, lower resolution (approx 3MB) Miscellaneous bits and pieces related to the early history of the "Southwark" Brewery are here; opens in new window. The Moonta historic pub crawl [Guide] Published to coincide with the 2021 Kernewek Lowender, this self-guided walking tour of Moonta's heritage pubs celebrates the history of the surviving pubs and the strength of their enduring relationship with the local community. Copper was discovered at Moonta in 1861; the Government township of Moonta was proclaimed in mid-1863 and, by mid-September, two pubs had been built and licensed, the Moonta Hotel and the Prince of Wales. Moonta's other three pubs were built and licensed in 1865, just two years after the first. That Moonta's remaining pubs have survived for almost 160 years shows remarkable resilience. The guide is printable as a single A4 or A3 page. Download in new window ; approx 5MB. The Pubs of Port Adelaide, 1887 [Map/guide] This is not so much a guide for an historic pub-crawl, more a celebration of the pubs that have survived and a remembrance of those that haven't. Based on Tolley's map of Port Adelaide, plots the location of the city's 30 or so pubs in 1887, about the time the number of pubs peaked. The guide is printable as a single A4 or A3 page. Download in new window ; approx 16MB. An historic pub-crawl through Port Lincoln [Guide] This guide provides the locations, some basic information and interesting old photographs on the five 'heritage' pubs that have served the Port Lincoln community and its vistors since 1840. Hopefully it will encourage those who download it to investigate the history of Port Lincoln and its pubs and, of course, to take advantage of the hospitality offered by them. The walk is an easy and pleasant 1.5km. The guide is a single A3 or A4 page. Download in new window ; approx 4MB. Of Pubs and Publicans In November 1990 historian Catherine Murphy interviewed two well-known local publicans, Peter Brien and Bill McCawley, for her oral history of Port Adelaide, Of Ships, Strikes and Summer Nights. Her interview offers a unique insight, both informative and entertaining, into the hotel trade during a period of major changes in South Australian society as well as the liquor industry. Understandably Catherine's focus was on these two local identities and on how they and their two hotels, the Alberton Hotel (Alberton) and the Exeter Hotel (Semaphore), influenced and were influenced by the Port Adelaide community from about 1940 until the 1980s. The version of the interview published in Of Ships... and the original transcript deposited in the State Library of South Australia therefore omitted segments of the interview, including some of particular relevance to the broader history of local, suburban and working-class pubs in the second half of the twentieth century. The main purposes of this revised version of the transcript is to add these missing parts, improve its readability and, above all, to introduce these two great personalities to a wider audience. Download in new window The Exeter Hotel [Rundle Street, Adelaide] [Scrapbook] Built in 1851 and licensed continuously since, the Exeter is one of the few remaining archetypal Adelaide pubs. It boasts no ghosts or secret tunnels, nor does it have pokies or television screens or offensively loud music or social media. A great, "authentic" pub in which to enjoy a drink or two and contemplate its 170 years of history. Download in new window The Austral - the beginning [Scrapbook] Like many pubs, the origins of the Austral Hotel in Rundle Street pull together many strands from which South Australian colonial society was woven, from the boom of the 1870s into the depression of the 1890s: the changing role of public houses, development and building, the Jewish community, finance and insolvency, political influence, individual enterprise and people like Emanuel and Sarah Cohen. Download in new window