Mundaring Weir Hotel

Mundaring Weir Hotel, is located in Mundaring, Western Australia.

Mundaring Weir Hotel
The Hotel in 2012
Mundaring Weir Hotel Location of the Mundaring Weir Hotel in Perth, Western Australia
General information
Type	Australian pub
Location	Mundaring, Western Australia
Coordinates	31.952266°S 116.167097°E / -31.952266; 116.167097 (Mundaring Weir Hotel)
Western Australia Heritage Register
Designated	20 April 2004
Reference no.	1675

It is located adjacent to the formation of the former branch line to the weir - the Mundaring Weir Railway on a hill to the north, and above Mundaring Weir.

It was previously known as the Reservoir Hotel,^[1][2] then the Goldfields Weir Hotel,^[3][4][5] has been in the area since 1898. It was a crucial location where C. Y. O'Connor stayed regularly during the construction of the weir.

In the 1910s and 1920s due to the functioning railway access, it was regularly advertised as a weekender location.^[6][7]

After a period of decline followed the closure of the branch railway in the early 1950s, as well as the gradual reduction of staff and employees of the weir,^[8] and gradual reduction in forestry operations over time.^[9]

The current owner, Jens Jorgensen who bought it in 1984.^[10] It has been the location of annual concerts which included David Helfgott concerts during and after his recovered career as concert pianist.^[5]

See also

• Mundaring Hotel

Notes

1. "MUNDARING SCHOOL". The West Australian. Vol. 14, no. 3, 961. Western Australia. 8 November 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "Mundaring Weir Railway". The Swan Express. Vol. IV, no. 10. Western Australia. 6 February 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
3. HRRC (1922), Goldfields Weir Hotel, Mundaring, licensee G. Chiavi, retrieved 22 July 2017
4. Western Australia. Government Photographer (1928), Goldfields Weir hotel, Mundaring, retrieved 22 July 2017
5. History of the Mundaring Weir Hotel www.mundaringweirhotel.com.au (accessed 1 April 2006)
6. "MUNDARING WEIR HOTEL". The Daily News. Vol. XXXVII, no. 13, 661. Western Australia. 14 December 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
7. "MUNDARING WEIR HOTEL". The Daily News. Vol. XLI, no. 14, 664. Western Australia. 13 March 1922. p. 6 (THIRD EDITION). Retrieved 22 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
8. the raising the weir in the late 40s and 50s saw a population come and go of workers - see Hartley, Richard G (2007), River of steel : a history of the Western Australian Goldfields and Agricultural Water Supply 1895-2003, Access Press, ISBN 978-0-86445-196-5
9. Menck, Clare; Carrick, Stephen; Mundaring and Hills Historical Society (issuing body.); Western Australia. Water Corporation (2013), Mundaring Weir forestry settlement, 1923-2011 : a history of community life and work, Mundaring, WA Mundaring & Hill Historical Society, retrieved 23 July 2017
10. Bush, Fiona; Griffiths, Philip; Jorgensen, Jens; Heritage Council of Western Australia (2005), Conservation plan for Mundaring Weir Hotel, Mundaring Weir, distributed by Heritage Council of WA], retrieved 22 July 2017