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Lees Hotel
Lees Hotel in Ingham, Queensland, a Queensland icon, is recognised as the official ''Pub with No Beer'' made famous by Slim Dusty's song "A Pub with No Beer".National Trust, Queensland Icons, ''The Pub with No Beer'', Page 7ABC, ''The pub with no beer'', Jan 15, 2009, by Winsome Denyer, http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2009/01/21/2467012.htm''Dan Sheahan, bush balladist (the pub without beer)'', by Irene Maskell, 1988, ASIN B0007C4714 The 1957 song, which became Australia's first international hit, was based on the poem ''A Pub Without Beer'' written by Ingham, Queensland, Ingham sugarcane farmer and poet Dan Sheahan in the Day Dawn Hotel, now known as Lees Hotel, in Ingham in 1943.The Cairns Post, ''Fresh look for icon'', Nov 14, 2012, page 30, by Nick DaltonRACQ, ''Bring back the Queensland Road Trip'', page 3, http://tourism.racq.com.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/54199/Townsville-to-Ingham.pdf History In December 1943, American servicemen from the 22nd Bomb Group passed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lees Hotel Ingham
The term Lees can refer to: Companies and organisations * Lees of Scotland, confectionery maker * Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) * J.W. Lees Brewery, a brewery in Middleton, Greater Manchester, England Places * Dalbury Lees, Lees, Derbyshire, a village in England * Lees, Greater Manchester, village near Oldham in North West England * Lees River in Massachusetts, United States * Lees Station, Tennessee, a community in the U.S. state of Tennessee Transportation * Lees railway station, closed railway station in Lancashire, England * Lees station, light rail station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Others * Lees (fermentation), dead yeast and debris left after fermentation of wine, beer, etc. * Lees (surname) See also * Lee's (other) * Leese (other) * Lee (other) * Lease * Leece {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
