By MICK ROBERTS © Coal dust was said to be in James Cram’s blood. The larger than life pioneer was more than qualified to hold the title of Father of Balgownie – a village established on coal. From a humble immigrant coal miner, Cram became one of the Illawarra’s most powerful men – a civic…
By MICK ROBERTS © THREATENED with demolition in the 1990s, and described by the hopeful developer at the time as worthless of preservation, the ‘Fountain on the Mountain’ – the Balgownie Hotel – survived to celebrate 100 years of trade on Monday December 20 2004. Balgownie Hotel was designed by architect Alex Elphinstone and built…
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