----- Original Message ----- From: Joan <joanmck@cv.quik.com.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:03 AM Subject: [HC] Stables--- Let. > Hi Denise, > Came across this little snippet for you. > The Commercial Hotel, Wangaratta, 3 stories high, built by William Clarke in 1855. > Clarke died in 1871, the hotel was sold to William Murdoch, who died pre 1880, his wife then > ran the hotel for several years, she built a Theatre on the side of the hotel and leased the > stables at the rear to Connelly, Crawford and McCurdy. At this time coaches ran between Beechworth and Melbourne. > Cheers Ray > >