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Background History
The original creator of the Ettamogah Pub was Ken Maynard who started drawing the Ettamogah Pub in 1959. It was made famous through his regular cartoons in The Australasian Post.
The Aussie World Ettamogah Pub was built in 1989 and the word "ettamogah" is Aboriginal for "place of good drink!" Now one of Queensland's leading tourist attractions it stands at an impressive 18m in height. It's a must to visit due to its quirky shape and caricature appearance. It was opened on 24th November 1989 with most of the furniture inside the pub built from trees cleared from the actual site.
There's a 1930 Chevy truck on top of the bright red roof of the Ettamogah Pub. In the cartoon the theory is the truck was washed up there in the floods of 1946 and none of the regulars could be bothered to get it down. There are also pictures of the cartoons hanging around the walls of the Pub along with other eclectic displays of everything Australian.
| Camera: | Canon EOS 400D |
| Lens: | Canon |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Title: | The Ettamogah Pub |
| Username: | 
mikemullumby |
| Uploaded: | 26 Apr 2012 - 10:31 PM |
| Tags: | Architecture, Humour / fun, Photo journalism |
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Kate, i am not really into "making "photos, if i can put it that way,i try to photograph things and places that i think may be interesting to others,to show them places they would not get to see otherwise, the great majority of members of sites like this will never come to Australia for instance, and i am one very biased Aussie, we have a wonderful country and i do my best to show it, as for the Pub, yep, still a pub, thanks for your interest.
Thanks Mick, looks like we have something in common there, there is so much nostalgic stuff,and pieces of memorabilia in our outback, or country pubs, i mean i wouldn't go to a pub otherwise, much.
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