Moran's Wagin Motel
I had some work in Wagin today and was parked under a tree having lunch when I was inspired to take a photo of this old hotel.
Some history about the building from the WA Heritage Council Website:
Moran’s Wagin Hotel was built for James Spratt, who ran it from 1904 until 1929, and who also built the original hotel on the site in 1889, and the family of his niece, Bertha Moran, who lived and worked at the place most of their lives from 1921 to 2002.
Moran’s Wagin Hotel is associated with hotelier James Moran, who was credited as being Australia’s longest continuous hotel licensee at his death in 1967…
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