Silverton Hotel, Silverton NSW Australia
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jinkson
S 31° 53.107 E 141° 13.369
54J E 521071 N 6472277
Sitting in the centre of the town the iconic Silverton Hotel has maintained its laid-back country life style even as it has flourished into one of the most filmed and photographed Hotel’s in the country.
Waymark Code: WMWZ3Y
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 11/02/2017
Views: 3
Visiting the Silverton Hotel you may experience a rush of recognition for anyone who’s seen Mad Max ll, Razorback, Wake in Fright, The Slim Dusty Movie, Mission Impossible II or The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (the list continues) or any of the many TV ads filmed here. Inside the pub photos of the many films, TV shows and adverts adorn the walls
Casually parked in front of the pub’s broad bullnose veranda is a pimped-up, pitch-black Volkswagen beetle, a cheeky homage to Mad Max’s V8 Interceptor.
When it comes to the Silverton Pub, the third time is the charm. The original single story hotel was opened in 1884, to cater for the towns growing horde of miners. A two storey model replaced this, only one year later as the growing Silverton population became increasingly thirsty. The building burnt down in 1918 and the then used Silverton Post Office became the current Silverton Hotel.
The ruins of this hotel have been retained adjacent to the accommodation, as it was the birth place of a company as we know today BHP Billiton, a copy of the companies incorporation hangs in the Hotel. While the mining Industry has developed in Broken hill, the Silverton Pub continues to thrive, and has become a mainstay of the film industry.
Real Ale: no
Bar Food Available: yes
Restaurant: yes
Children Allowed: Special rooms
Garden: yes
CAMRA Listed: no
Accommodation: yes
Beer brewed on site: no
Website: [Web Link]
Dogs Allowed: Not Listed
General comments: Not listed
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