The Victoria Hotel was on the corner of Skipton and Geelong Roads in Linton and is believed to have been built around 1860. H. Blunt and afterwards Ellen Blunt were licensees between 1864 and 1881. Ambrose and Mary Murrell were licensees from December 1882 and ran the hotel for many years. Mary Murrell continued to run it with her daughter Caroline after Ambrose Murrell died. The building was demolished in 1938. See Hotels file and Murrell family file for more information.Black & white copy of original photograph, which shows a horse-drawn wagon passing Murrell's Victoria Hotel in Skipton Road, Linton. Several people, including a child, are standing outside the hotel. The date of this photograph is unknown, possibly c.1900. Members of the Murrell family identified in the photograph are Bill, Caroline, Mary, Sarah and Charlotte.murrell's victoria hotel, ambrose murrell, mary murrell, ellen blunt, h. blunt

Two copies - original sepia photograph, and restored black and white copy, showing road coming in to Linton from Skipton, Murrell's Hotel on RHS, Edinburgh Mine works on LHS. Also mounted photograph.On back of original photograph: "Esther Cluff".linton township, murrell's victoria hotel, edinburgh mine

The hotel was originally Webb's hotel, then Blunt's. Ambrose and Mary Murrell are believed to have bought the hotel c.1881/1882. (See report in the Ballarat Star, 13th December 1882). After Ambrose died in 1891, Mary Murrell continued to run the hotel, with the assistance of her daughter Caroline. In 1922 she sold the hotel to Mr. S. Cracknell, a Grenville Shire Councillor who lived at Scarsdale/Newtown. (Sale of hotel reported in Ballarat Star, 9th March 1922.)Sepia photograph of hotel on Skipton Road in Linton."Linton".murrell's victoria hotel

Black and white postcard image of building on Skipton Road, Linton.Text, front: " SKIPTON ROAD / LINTON. "hotels, linton

Sepia photograph showing several houses along a dirt road open area with some trees, footbridge on RHS. Shire Engineer's house (formerly house owned by Hubert Adams, newspaper proprietor) is on corner of road to Devil's Kitchen. Glimpse of Murrell's Victoria Hotel in distance."Esther Cluff Linton".buildings, houses, shire of grenville engineer's house

Caroline Lewers, née Murrell, b. 1867 at Happy Valley, was a daughter of Ambrose and Mary Murrell. Prior to her marriage, Caroline Murrell assisted her mother to manage the Victoria Hotel in Linton. In 1910 she married William Ochiltree Lewers (son of Annie Lewers and Samuel Lewers). Caroline's sister-in-law Lily (Mary Lillian) Murrell, née Young, was born in Birmingham, England, and migrated to Australia with her father James Young when she was seven. In Australia James Young changed his name to Clarke and was known as James Young Clarke (Lily also used this surname). James Young Clarke moved with Lily to Linton, where he ran J Y Clarke's tobacconist and barber shop in Sussex Street. Lily Clarke married William Murrell, son of Ambrose and Mary Murrell, in 1901. They lived at Daylesford and other localities before returning to Linton in about 1912, when William Murrell took over management of the newsagency. Caroline on left, in fur coat; Lily on right, in print dress.Black and white copy of original photograph which shows two women walking in a street near shops. Both are wearing hats and coats. An unidentified man is walking behind them. The photograph was most likely taken by a street photographer and the two women in it appear to have been out shopping.caroline lewers (née murrell), lily murrell (née young/clarke)

Caroline Murrell, b. 1867 at Happy Valley, was a daughter of Ambrose and Mary Murrell. Prior to her marriage, Caroline Murrell assisted her mother to manage the Victoria Hotel in Linton. In 1910 she married William Ochiltree Lewers (son of Annie Lewers and Samuel Lewers), and they had two children - Bill, born 1910, and Sam, born 1911.Sepia portrait of a young lady wearing high necked garment with brooch at throat."Caroline Carrie Murrell later Mrs W O Lewers".caroline murrell, caroline lewers

Ambrose Murrell (c.1834-1891) migrated to Victoria in the early 1850s and owned a hotel or hotels at Happy Valley, before he and his wife Mary (nee May) bought the Victoria Hotel in Linton around 1881. Between 1880 and 1885, he served on the Shire of Grenville Council (1880-1885).Black and white copy of original framed photograph - photograph shows framing and inscription of original."Cr Murrell"ambrose murrell, shire of grenville councillors