1931 Mount Isa Hotel fire provoked a battle of the sexes - Blue Mountains Gazette

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1931 Mount Isa Hotel fire provoked a battle of the sexes
Blue Mountains Gazette
The vexed question of whether it was men or women who put out a fire was one of the big controversies of Mount Isa's early days. When the town was founded in 1924, it didn't take long for watering holes to follow. In 1926 the hostelry now known as the ...
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