About Maryborough

Maybe it is fitting that the Pub Crawl should happen in Maryborough because the man regarded as the city's founder was a publican.

Okay, he was a publican in Ipswich, but James Furber left his pub and made it overland to Maryborough where he set up base on the southern bank of the Mary River. That was 1847, a year before the other historical pioneering figures of Aldridge and Palmer set up on the other side of the river and established the first Maryborough township. The first thing both did was to open a public house.

At the peak in the 1880s there were almost 40 pubs in the immediate Maryborough area. Imagine the hubbub in the riverside pubs when a ship berthed at the wharves nearby

Settled back in 1827, Maryborough is one of Queensland's oldest cities. In the days of the early colony, it was the second most important port after Sydney and the place where thousands of sea-tossed immigrants took their first shaky steps on Australian soil after months at sea.

It has a rich and fascinating history, but what really sets Maryborough apart is that much of that heritage remains - just waiting to be uncovered.

Here's your chance to be part of this living history - enjoy a drink or two at a century-old pub and meet our colourful locals.

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SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2008

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