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November 1950
An R.A.A.F Airman caught stealing wirelesses led investigators to the Commonwealth Hotel in search of his weapons. Cook’s radio shop…
Read More »November 1947
A mysterious suitcase of ladies’ clothes is found by a cleaner in one of the lavatories of the Commonwealth Hotel.…
Read More »April 1941
A humorous piece appears in the Queensland Times where Steven Bentham recounts the first Lancashire ‘tater pie’ he tasted when…
Read More »January 1939
The hotel was once owned by an international vaudeville and circus performer! Newspapers reported that the colourful former proprietor of the…
Read More »2021
The Ipswich City Council Administration building is expected to open next door in mid-2021. More than 800 Council staff members…
Read More »2019
Trowse Qld repairs the foundation by using new pylons and concreting to create a stable site. Rebuilding works commence around…
Read More »2018
Extensive underground works are carried out to find the source of the subsidence. It is found that the addition of…
Read More »2017
Queensland Heritage Restorations commences work at the hotel, cataloguing all original building materials and storing off-site in a secure location.…
Read More »2014
Ipswich City Properties acquires Murphy’s Town Pub in November, closing it for repairs after subsidence and significant cracking in the…
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