WA Wine & Spirit Merchants – Jones Royal Hotel Perth

William Henry Jones was born at Salisbury, South Australia in 1865. He joined Tolley’s wine and spirits merchant company in Adelaide then progressed to Geraldton, Western Australia where he obtained a Publicans General Licence in October 1891. He took over the Geraldton Hotel in Gregory Street. In July 1895 and became a joint proprietor of the Freemasons Hotel on…

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WA Wine & Spirit Merchants – Gunzberg Brothers & Premier Wine Saloon

Isaac and Joseph Gunzburg were born in Moscow, Russia in the mid 1870’s and they migrated to Western Australia via Israel around 1893-1894. They established themselves in their trade as orchardists and fruiterer’s at Mardella south east of Perth, located between Mundijong and Serpentine. By 1904 they had established themselves in Perth. Joseph operated as a fruiterer at 384…

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