Coachmans' Arms Hotel

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Coachmans' Arms Hotel
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History
Known dates 1864

The Coachmans' Arms Hotel was a hotel in Ballarat, <1864>.

Site[edit | edit source]

The hotel was probably near the Halfway House Hotel on the Buninyong Road, at New Chum Gully.[1]

Background[edit | edit source]

History[edit | edit source]

In March 1864 the newspapers reported the death of a baby, Ellen Augusta Teresa Anderson, caused by the abuse and neglect of her mother, Ann Anderson. The baby had been born only days after her father had been killed by a rockfall in a mine on the White Horse Ranges. The mother took to heavy drinking, and was begging drinks from all the nearby hotels and her neighbours:

"...About five or six weeks ago she went to the Coachman's Arms Hotel, having the baby in her arms and her son at her side. She asked for a nobbler of gin, but as she was very drunk at the time, Mr Robinson, the landlord, refused to serve her. She remained half an hour in the bar and drank some ale which she had brought with her in a bottle. Mrs Robinson several times besought her to go away, and at last she threw the baby on the bar floor. Mrs Robinson picked up the infant and replaced her in her mother's arms, whereupon Mrs Anderson beat the child violently, causing her to scream with pain. The mother then left the house, but before she had proceeded many yards she laid down in the channel on the road side. On Sunday, 6th March, she was again in the bar of the Coachman's Arms Hotel and wanted drink. She was sober, but went away directly upon being refused...The infant died about ten o'clock on Thursday morning, and was found by a neighbor who went to the mother's tent, dead, rolled up in a blanket, and in a very dirty and emaciated condition. Earlier in the morning of that day a miner named Fuller had seen Mrs Anderson carrying her infant wrapped up in a filthy rag, the child being soiled and wet with her own excrement, and so weak that she could not even give utterance to her miseries by crying..."[1]


Community Involvement[edit | edit source]

The People[edit | edit source]

  • In March 1864 the publican was Mr. Robinson.[1]


See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1864 'MALTREATMENT AND DEATH OF AN INFANT AT NEW CHUM GULLY.', The Star (Ballarat, Vic. : 1855 - 1864), 14 March, p. 3. , viewed 18 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article72514282


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