Historical information

The Bogong Hotel, Tawonga, was 125 years old when it was destroyed by fire early December, 2011. Mr & Mrs Crotty started the hotel, then one of their daughters who married a Higginson continued running it for a number of years. The Hore family then took over - Dick and Essie, followed by Norman and Vera, then the other Hore brothers.

Significance

The Bogong Hotel commenced in 1886 and was the meeting place for people living in the Upper Kiewa Valley until it was burnt down in December 2011. Its publicans included members from local families - the Crotty's, Higginson's and Hore's including Vera Hore who was born in 1909 and died in 2000.
These items were the property of Tawonga citizen Mrs Dorothy Anderson, who passed away in 2014, aged 90 years.

Physical description

White sheet style monogrammed cotton table cloth

Inscriptions & markings

"Bogong Hotel" embroidered in red on one corner.