Einasleigh Hotel, Heritage-listed hotel in Einasleigh, Queensland, Australia
The Einasleigh Hotel is a two-storey timber building on Daintree Street, built between August 1908 and June 1909 as the Central Hotel. It has corrugated iron roofing and wide verandahs, and was constructed alongside an adjacent dance hall at the height of the town's copper boom. It remains a hotel serving visitors and locals.
The Central Hotel, as it was known until 1999, was built between August 1908 and June 1909 at the height of Einasleigh's copper prosperity, on a two-rood Miner's Homestead Lease facing Daintree Street. It is the sole survivor of the five hotels trading in the town by the end of 1910. Mining declined after World War I and the township all but disappeared by the 1920s, yet this building remained.
The hotel kept the name Central Hotel until 1999, when it took the name of the town; locals still refer to it by its old name. It stands on Daintree Street, named for Richard Daintree, who opened the district's first copper mine in the 1860s. The adjacent dance hall was built at the same time as the hotel.
The hotel is easy to locate since it sits directly on the main street and is visible from the town center of Einasleigh. It is best to check ahead as this is a small establishment in a remote area and services may vary.
The hotel was known as the Central Hotel until 1999, when it took the name Einasleigh. It is the sole survivor of five hotels trading in the copper town by the end of 1910, and was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 6 February 2006.
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