Hi Ian, Thanks for responding. So perhaps it disappeared quite some time before 1941 (newspaper article date)? Where my curiosity started from the following link (I love Archives Outside and have been following it for some time but recently started contributing, it is a great idea by the SRNSW): http://archivesoutside.records.nsw.gov.au/can-you-date-this-photograph-hamilton-railway-station/ This following link leads to SRNSW old photo of Hamilton Railway Station, with the hotel on the left, on Flickr (where best viewed enlarged to original size, & further with [Ctrl] [+] if you have windows 7), of course they are also on SRNSW website). "...Junction Hotel" can be seen on the building. The first photo listed under comments is the clearer version by the photographer Ralph Snowball, date 12 Apr 1906. http://www.flickr.com/photos/state-records-nsw/3064652390/ I think I might email the hotel & see if anyone has any knowledge. MY ORIGINAL MESSAGE as some missed it: (with reference to newspaper article title) "Wondering if anyone with Newcastle knowledge knows what happened to the original Sydney Junction Hotel building on Beaumont Street (opposite the train station) & when? The Newcastle Herald Index includes an article title - "New Sydney Junction Hotel" , 1 Feb 1941, pg 12. .... so obviously before then, unless it was an article about knocking the old one down?" Regards, Deb -----Original Message----- From: Ian Wright Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:08 AM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HV] Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton (Newcastle) Dear Deb, I have lived in Newcastle for over 70 years & the present Sydney Junction Hotel is the only one that I can recall ever being on that site. Also I have never seen an old photograph or newspaper article re any other, or any demolition, etc. Ian

Hi, Sent this yesterday but a mail server rejected it, so fingers crossed this time. Thankyou to everyone who contacted me on & off list. For those interested, I've heard back from the hotel already. Apparently they've heard that it was badly damaged by fire in the late 1930's but have not been able to find anything about it. They'll ask some locals & see if they can confirm this. There are numerous references to fires in the Newcastle Herald index. Deb. -----Original Message----- From: Deb Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:14 AM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HV] Sydney Junction Hotel, Hamilton (Newcastle) I think I might email the hotel & see if anyone has any knowledge. <snipped>