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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 134913 Groom's Hotel, Maryland Street, Stanthorpe, 1872.jpg en Groom's Hotel Maryland Street Stanthorpe 1872 The early part of William Boag's career was spent in Sydney where he was in partnership with portrait photographer Joseph Charles Milligan Images made by Boag are in the collection of the Campbelltown and Airds Historical Society Boag arrived in Queensland in November 1871 He travelled around the south-east along the foreshore of Moreton Bay and the township of Cleveland He then moved into the Logan and Albert area where he captured images of local crushing mills and sugar plantations While at Yatala he took on a partner John Henry Mills and by the end of 1872 both men were in Stanthorpe where they remained for several months producing views of the booming tin-mining settlement In July 1873 after stopping off in Warwick Boag and Mills extended their operations to Mackay where they remained until October 1875 During this time Boag made trips to St Lawrence and Cooktown however his movements after this are difficult to trace It is known that by mid 1876 he was at Copperfield and Clermont and in February 1878 he inserted a notice in the Peak Downs Telegram announcing that he was leaving for the west Then information ceases abruptly It is possible that Boag never reached his destination since his death certificate records that he died in 1878 at an unknown location This hotel was one of 25 in the Stanthorpe area at this time It was located at the top end of Maryland street next to the premises of H C Ransome auctioneer The hotel also housed a Cobb Co office and was described as 'the most commodious in town' William Henry Groom 1833-1901 was the first proprietor He had been a baker's apprentice in England before being sentenced to seven years' transportation for stealing Arriving in New South Wales he worked as a clerk and as a Miners' Committee delegate In 1854 he was acquitted of gold stealing only to be found guilty a year later of a similar charge By 1862 he had a hotel in Toowoomba He took up the Stanthorpe licence in October 1872 and held it until the premises were closed in February 1874 Groom would go on to become proprietor of the Toowoomba Chronicle He also served for many years as Alderman and Mayor of Toowoomba and as MLA for Toowoomba and Drayton From 1883 to 1888 he was Speaker of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and in 1901 became Federal MHR for the Darling Downs 1872 handle 10462/deriv/9502 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland Boag William 1838 -1878 PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Stagecoaches in Queensland Vernacular architecture of Australia Hotels and pubs in Stanthorpe Queensland Streets in Stanthorpe 1872 in Queensland 19th-century photographs of Queensland Black and white photographs Cobb Co | ||||
